Cape May County Zoo

Name our new Snow Leopard Cubs Contest

Open to kids 12 and under

Submit entries by August 1, 2010.

Send us names for our two male cubs.

Winning cub names will be announced on August 10, 2010.

Winners and their families will receive a private “behind the scene” tour of the zoo

and a ZooFriends’ gift bag with t-shirts, Carousel/Train tokens and more...


Click here to download contest entries

 
 Private financial support. That’s what ZooFriends are for. The Cape May County Zoo Society/ZooFriends, a 501(c)3 non-profit NJ corporation, is the private sector partner of county government in the continuing improvement of the zoo for our visitors, staff and - most of all - the living creatures in our care. We help to support and maintain the Zoo’s accreditation by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums. County Park & Zoo information visit www.capemaycountygov.net  http://www.capemaycountygov.net/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=5&TPID=442shapeimage_2_link_0

We are proud to announce the birth of two very rare snow leopards at the Cape May County Zoo. The zoo welcomed the two cubs born to parents Himani and Vijay on May 10, 2010.

They are the FIRST snow leopard cubs ever born at the Cape May County Zoo and the first cubs for mommy ‘Himani’. At this early age, the snow leopards remain very fragile.

Only eleven snow leopards were born and survived last year in the United States.


All four are currently housed in the Snow Leopard yard that was damaged during the February 2010 snow storms. Cape May County ZooFriends  plans to build a new habitat. A campaign to raise the private funds necessary to build the new habitat starts this summer.

Baby snow leopards at 8 weeks old. Photos taken July 1, 2010. cubs were born at the zoo on May 10, 2010.

Say ‘hello’ to our newest little friends.

See our new video!

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  See the new

home ZooFriends are building for us!

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Photos taken July 22, 2010 by Bill MacQueen.

Supervising Animal Keeper, Vince Sonetto with the twins.