During a Rock Island County Forest Preserve Commission meeting on Tuesday night, Niabi Zoo Director Lee Jackson told commissioners the female Amur leopard arrived June 2 from Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens in Thrigby, England.
“We were really excited to receive this genetically important animal from the Amur Leopard Species Survival Program,” Jackson told commissioners.
Last month, the zoo welcomed Keto, a male southern white rhino, the Quad-Cities Times reported.
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