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China: Lost Wild Leopard Cat Raised by Domestic Cat in Sichuan

On November 24, 2025, in Liangshan, Sichuan Province, a touching wildlife encounter was captured on video. A tiny wild leopard cat cub, separated from its family, wandered into a farmer’s home and began nursing alongside domestic kittens. As the cub grew rapidly, the mother cat struggled to feed her oversized “baby.” Local forestry officials were later contacted to rescue and care for the leopard cat. Chinese viewers called it “the most adorable case of mistaken motherhood.”

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

A five-month-old snow leopard cub is seen at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto, Canada, on Oct. 25, 2024. Two snow leopard cubs were unveiled to the media and members here on Friday and will make their public debut on Oct. 26. Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

Five-month-old snow leopard Zoya explores the outdoor habitat at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto on Friday, October 25, 2024. Photo by Nathan Denette/Canadan Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

A five-month-old snow leopard cub is seen at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto, Canada, on Oct. 25, 2024. Two snow leopard cubs were unveiled to the media and members here on Friday and will make their public debut on Oct. 26. Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

Five-month-old snow leopards Minu and their mom Jita explore their outdoor habitat at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto on Friday, October 25, 2024. Photo by Nathan Denette/Canadan Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

A five-month-old snow leopard cub is seen at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto, Canada, on Oct. 25, 2024. Two snow leopard cubs were unveiled to the media and members here on Friday and will make their public debut on Oct. 26. Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

A five-month-old snow leopard cub is seen at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto, Canada, on Oct. 25, 2024. Two snow leopard cubs were unveiled to the media and members here on Friday and will make their public debut on Oct. 26. Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

A five-month-old snow leopard cub is seen at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto, Canada, on Oct. 25, 2024. Two snow leopard cubs were unveiled to the media and members here on Friday and will make their public debut on Oct. 26. Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

Five-month-old snow leopards Zoya and Minu explore their outdoor habitat at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto on Friday, October 25, 2024. Photo by Nathan Denette/Canadan Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

A five-month-old snow leopard cub is seen at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto, Canada, on Oct. 25, 2024. Two snow leopard cubs were unveiled to the media and members here on Friday and will make their public debut on Oct. 26. Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

Five-month-old snow leopards Zoya and Minu explore their outdoor habitat at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto on Friday, October 25, 2024. Photo by Nathan Denette/Canadan Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

Five-month-old snow leopard Zoya explores the outdoor habitat at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto on Friday, October 25, 2024. Photo by Nathan Denette/Canadan Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

Five-month-old snow leopard Zoya explores their outdoor habitat at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto on Friday, October 25, 2024. Photo by Nathan Denette/Canadan Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A Five-Month-Old Snow Leopard Cub Iat Toronto Zoo - Toronto

Five-month-old snow leopards Minu and their mom Jita explore their outdoor habitat at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto on Friday, October 25, 2024. Photo by Nathan Denette/Canadan Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mother leopard, cub captured on camera in SW China

STORY: Mother leopard, cub captured on camera in SW China SHOOTING DATE: Jan. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of mother leopard and cub STORYLINE: A mother leopard and her cub were captured on camera in Xinlong County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. In the footage, the mother leopard was seen resting on the ground while a cub was playing nearby. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chengdu, China. (XHTV)

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Restoring endangered leopard species

SOCHI, Russia - Photo taken Nov. 6, 2013 shows Umar Semyonov, head of the Persian leopard breeding and rehabilitation center in Sochi, southern Russia, holding a Persian leopard cub at the center. The cub has been raised by humans as it was neglected by its mother.

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Snow leopard cub released into wild in China's Tibet

STORY: Snow leopard cub released into wild in China's Tibet DATELINE: Dec. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the snow leopard STORYLINE: A snow leopard, a species on China's top protection list, was released into the wild on Sunday, months after it was rescued in the rural area of Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. In July, two weak cubs were found in a curling position when a local villager in Lhunzhub County was on his way to dig caterpillar fungus, said Luo Qin, who works at the forestry and grassland administration of the county. The other cub died despite rescue efforts. Tenzin Dargye, a wildlife ranger responsible for taking care of the snow leopard, said the male cub, now almost six months old, is healthy enough to be released into the wild, and they will keep tracking its condition to make sure it will get used to nature. This year, Lhunzhub County rescued many wild animals under the country's

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CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-SNOW LEOPARD CUB-RELEASING (CN)

(221205) -- LHASA, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A snow leopard, a species under top-level protection in China, is released into the wild in Lhunzhub County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 4, 2022, months after it was rescued in the rural area of Lhasa. (Xinhua/Chogo)

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INDIA-MADHYA PRADESH-ZOOLOGICAL PARK-BIG CATS

(220904) -- BHOPAL, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A caretaker holds a one-month-old leopard cub, rescued in the jungle, at Kamla Nehru Zoological Park in Indore, 200 Km from Bhopal, capital of India's Madhya Pradesh state, on Sept. 4, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

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INDIA-MADHYA PRADESH-ZOOLOGICAL PARK-BIG CATS

(220904) -- BHOPAL, Sept. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 4, 2022 shows a one-month-old leopard cub, rescued in the jungle, at Kamla Nehru Zoological Park in Indore, 200 Km from Bhopal, capital of India's Madhya Pradesh state. (Str/Xinhua)