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dflprincess

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4. Sad but true

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #3)

Fri May 10, 2019, 08:04 PM

May 2019

The Minnesota Zoo has been active in the breeding program for a long time. I beleive I've read there that there are about 5,000 Siberian (Amur) tigers in capativity in the U.S.. but less than 600 in the wild. Though, there has been a small increase in the wild population in the last few years.

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Snow leopard cub born at Como Zoo in St. Paul [View all] TexasTowelie May 2019 OP

i guess our milw zoo is big on snow leopard breeding. read an article a few months ago. pansypoo53219 May 2019 #1

Snow leopards are another endangered species. pazzyanne May 2019 #2

and where did I read that there are more tigers locked up then in the wild...... a kennedy May 2019 #3

Sad but true dflprincess May 2019 #4