By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
In early September, the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo announced two Clouded Leopards were added to the animal collection at the zoo. The six-year-old leopards came from a zoo in Florida and need time to adjust to their new exhibit.
Great Bend Public Lands Director Scott Keeler said the animals are settling in but are not ready for visitors.
"Our Clouded Leopards seem to be settling in a little bit," said Keeler. "We had an issue with the female that kept opening a wound up on her tail. For the time being, we're looking a lot better on that."
The two Clouded Leopards replace the zoo’s African Leopard that passed away this past May at 19 years old.
The leopards are a successful breeding pair on loan from the Golf Breeze Zoo in Florida. If the two have cubs, the loan agreement states the Florida zoo and/or the Great Bend zoo can keep them.