Tallinn Zoo

[venegor]

At the Amur leopard kittens were born. I see only two kittens

[alice44]

I hope the little one in the middle is alright. (It does not seem likely)

The other one seems to be nursing and mom is cleaning up her tail.

[Kuremari]

The little one in the middle was a still born cub :(
second baby is OK :)

[venegor]

Very much, it is very a pity. One kitten has possibly died. It does not submit life signs some hours.

[Jo UK]

I was watching Darla last night - it was clear that the birth was imminent.
Sad to see the dead cub this morning, but the living cub is making enough noise for two!

[venegor]

Possibly the daddy does not know, that at it in a family not all is safe

[venegor]

[venegor]

Mum has moved the dead cub

[Isabella]

Copy-paste from homepage of Tallinn Zoo

Today, in the night of 14 April, Darla gave birth to two cubs. The first was born around 2 o´clock, but unfortunately it was dead. The second was born after 4 o´clock and seems to be in good condition.

People who have watched the Amur leopard nest via webcam http://www.digisilm.ee/loomad/amur/pesakaamera.html , are worried about what will happen with the dead cub and wonder if it can be removed from the nest. As it is known that for some time after giving birth the mother cannot be disturbed, lest she make harm to her living cub, we cannot do anything but watch via webcam what will happen (we cannot exclude the possibility that the mother will eat her stillborn cub).


Thank god the second cub is ok and s/he is so very cute

[venegor]

Deep dream

[macdoum]

Welcome to the world little cub. I am sorry only one survived.

[Kitty KCMO]

How sad that the first cub did not survive! The one who lived will get double milk though, so it should grow well.

[venegor]

Morning of the second day

[venegor]

Dead cub behind the back of mum in a chamber corner

[macdoum]

Dead cub behind the back of mum in a chamber corner

Oh dear..

[venegor]

The third days

[juta]

Hello!
Last Saturday Zoo workers cleaned the nest.
There are the news on Tallinn Zoo site - first cub was male, 730 g. The gender of other cub they will check next month.

[juta]

This morning!
Becoming more independent. People on cam forum think the cub will open it´s eyes today,

[Kuremari]

this cute spotted baby has grown a lot!
they are such fun to watch.

[macdoum]

I saw the cam a few moments ago and Darla was not in the den. Little cub was alone a gave a little stretch and slept on.