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Three snow leopards tests positive for coronavirus in US

On Friday, US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection confirmed that two male and a female leopard have tested for covid-19 positive, one leopard belongs to Kentucky zoo and the other two belong to Louisville Zoo.

According to Wikipedia The snow leopard, known as the ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the global population is estimated to number less than 10,000 mature individuals and is expected to decline about 10% by 2040. 

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