Zoo's snow leopard has twin cubs

I love this story when i read it on BBC news i was so happy to no that one of the most rare'ist big cats has had not 1 but 2 cubs its brill snow leopards are one of the most beautiful animals ever and they should not be so rare but they are and need help so this is so cool.

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Twin snow leopard cubs have been born for the first time in Wales at the Welsh Mountain Zoo in Conwy.

The rare creatures arrived there a month ago , but have been kept under wraps until now to make sure they bond with their first time mom Otilia.

The female, along with mate Szechuan, are at the zoo in Colwyn Bay as part of an European breeding programme.

It is estimated that there are as few as 4,ooo snow leopards remaining in the wild.

Keepers have been watching the young family around the clock in case the mother failed to rear her cubs, but now they are four weeks old it is thought human intervention is not needed.

The twins have opened their eyes, and will be introduced to solid foods in the next few weeks.

Members of the public have still not seen them though, and they are expected to be the star attraction when they do finally venture out of their den.

The Welsh Mountain Zoo's zoological director Nick Jackson said: " The birth on any animal at the zoo is a cause for excitement, but the snow leopards are so beautiful and so threatened in the wild that this is very special event".

Names will be chosen for the cubs once their gender ha been determined at about three months old.

Otilia was born in Tallin Zoo in Estonia in April 2005 whilst Szechuan was born at Szeged Zoo in Hungary in May 2005 - they arrived at Colwyn Bay three years ago.