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Three snow leopard cubs were born at a facility under the zoo on April 10. With the immense success of the captive breeding programme, the zoo is now planning to release captive bred snow leopards in the wild. In summer snow leopards are found in altitudes ranging from 2000 m to 6,000 m.
in Central and South Asia. "On April 10, three cubs were born to Zima, the snow leopard at Tobgeydanra Conservation Breeding Centre under the Pnhzp, near Ghoom, Darjeeling," Dharamdeo Rai, Director Pnhzp. The Pnhzp is the pioneer zoo in India to have initiated the captive breeding programme of snow leopards..