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21:40, 09-Dec-2017
Two injured snow leopard cubs rescued in Tibet
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Two injured snow leopard cubs are recovering after being rescued in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
The felines, which are on China's top protection list, will be released when they can survive in the wild, according to their caretaker, Tangzhub Cering, a representative for the forestry bureau of Biru County.
On October 22, a herder in Biru found the injured animals when his sheep and cattle were grazing. He brought the pair to the bureau.
The veteran wild animal rescuer cleaned the wounds of the cubs, which were three months old at the time, and fed them fresh beef and skim milk.
"In the first two days, they neither drank nor ate. I was worried," he said.
Two injured snow leopard cubs recover after being rescued in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. /Xinhua Photo
Two injured snow leopard cubs recover after being rescued in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. /Xinhua Photo
With the cost of food being covered by the local government, the cubs eat eggs and fodder.
The pair was named Princess Snow Mountain and Prince Snow Mountain.
China is home to approximately 2,000 to 2,500 snow leopards, which are scattered in Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and Inner Mongolia. Both the number of snow leopards and their habitat area in China account for more than half of the global total.
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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency