March 26, 2009 We thought the National Zoo’s newborn clouded
leopards were cute when we got the first photo. But now there’s
video. Listen to them squeal! Animal care staff and
veterinarians are feeding the cubs every three hours and
monitoring their temperature and body weight. They’ve found that
hand rearing clouded leopards increases the endangered species’
chances of survival. To learn more about the monumental birth,
read “National Zoo Celebrates Birth of Rare Clouded Leopards.”
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