Featured Animals – Snow Leopard

Discover “everything snow leopard” around the Zoo below; from news to adoptions, births, conservation programs, your own encounter options, animal experiences, shows, events and more.

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You ARE Seeing Spots! CMZoo Welcomes a 5-Year-Old Male Snow Leopard to Asian Highlands

January 30, 2025

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a captivating new resident, Valens [VAL-inz], a 5-year-old male snow leopard. With his big fluffy paws, mesmerizing tail and cautious-yet-inquisitive personality, Valens is living up to his species’ nickname: Ghost Cat. Snow leopards are known for their elusive and stealthy nature, and Valens embodies those traits with . . .

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Says Goodbye to Beloved Bhutan, Snow Leopard

December 4, 2023

FELINE CAPTURED MILLIONS OF HEARTS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFEFTIME – An adored member of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo animal family died from complications of advanced kidney disease late last week. Following his diagnosis earlier this year, we knew Bhutan’s time with us was limited, but it was still heartbreaking to lose him. Bhutan, a 15-year-old snow . . .

More Than a Pretty Appendage: How ‘Bouncy Boy’ Bhutan’s Impressive Tail Allows Keepers to Monitor Age-Related Health Discoveries

September 28, 2023

A snow leopard’s tail is an incredibly useful tool. About as long as their bodies, their tails act as a counterbalance, so they can make hairpin turns at lightning speed in the wild. When they’re pursuing prey in their native Himalayan Mountains, their tails act like an automatic rudder on a speed boat, instinctively correcting . . .

Training and Enrichment with Bhutan, CMZoo Snow Leopard

January 26, 2022

Join Bhutan, our 13-year-old snow leopard, and his keepers for snow day enrichment and training! Learn about Bhutan’s personality, his favorite scent-masking seasoning, which husbandry behaviors he’s working on, and how Bhutan is contributing to the future of his species. Make sure your volume is up to hear Bhutan’s impressive growls during his training session. . . .

Adopt Choices for Snow Leopards

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Featured Animals – Snow Leopard

Discover “everything snow leopard” around the Zoo below; from news to adoptions, births, conservation programs, your own encounter options, animal experiences, shows, events and more.

Asian Highlands

With architecture reminiscent of a Himalayan monastery, Asian Highlands showcases some of the world’s most elusive cats in award-winning naturalistic habitats. Explore the mountains of the Asian Highlands and see Amur tigers (formerly known as Siberian tigers) roam the forest and swim in a waterfall-fed pond. Get to know and spot the world’s rarest big cat species, the critically endangered Amur leopard in their mountainside area, and the rare snow leopards relaxing around various crevices. Discover red panda mingling around various logs and snacking on bamboo.

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Foster any animal and you’ll help Cheyenne Mountain Zoo continue to provide outstanding care. Whether given as a gift or used to celebrate a favorite species, symbolic adoptions come with a variety of benefits only adoptive parents can enjoy. Ways to adopt your favorites: Digital Adoption – ($35) choose any Zoo animal from the full . . .