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The Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond is pleased to welcome two adult snow leopards recently, officials said Thursday.

Snow Leopards Brought To Conservation Center Near Santa Clarita

The Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond is pleased to welcome two adult snow leopards recently, officials said Thursday.


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The cats arrived at the center last week as part of the breeding, preservation program, according to officials from the center. One cat, Thalia, a female, is from Servion Zoo in Switzerland and the other one, Sanjiv, a male, is from Norden’s Ark in Sweden. 

The Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond is pleased to welcome two adult snow leopards recently, officials said Thursday.“We’re thrilled to have them here,” said Sandy Masek, the director of Feline Conservation Center. “We hope that they successfully pair together to produce viable and valuable offspring.”

The cats won’t be able to mate and produce offspring for a few more years, Masek said.

“They are just settling in for now, they are only a year and a half old and won’t be able to reach sexualThe Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond is pleased to welcome two adult snow leopards recently, officials said Thursday. maturity until about three,” Masek said, “So this is the perfect time for introduction.”

Most of the compound is open for visitors to wander around at their own pace, according to officials. Informative plaques describe the cat species in detail, and docents are available to answer any questions.

The Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond is pleased to welcome two adult snow leopards recently, officials said Thursday.Unlike a zoo, the FCC has no moats between attendees and the animals, according to officials from the center. Visitors can get as close as five feet away from these beautiful, but dangerous, cats. Some parts of the compound are not open to the public.

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About EFBC Feline Conservation Center

Home to over 70 of the world’s most endangered felines, EFBC’s Feline Conservation Center is a breeding zoo and research facility. Founded in Rosamond, California in 1977, we are a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization run entirely on public donations. Our federal tax ID number is 95-3808610. You can read financial information and donate online through Guidestar.

If you’re a US government employee, you can donate with payroll deductions through the CFC program – select cause #03169. Admission fees and renewable yearly memberships are our main form of support. Financial summaries are also printed in the December newsletter each year.

By donating to EFBC’s Feline Conservation Center you can be sure your contributions will be used in the areas where they will do the most good. For every dollar donated, 94 cents goes toward our breeding, research, educational outreach programs as well as upkeep and improvements around the center. Few charities can claim such a milestone.

EFBC is now ranked in the top 1 percent of all US non-profit charitable organizations, for the best management of funds used in support of our mission statement versus general overhead and administrative expenses. You can also check out EFBC’s exceptional rating at Guidestar, the on-line resource for rating and reviewing non-profit organizations for reliability and responsibility.

For more info, log on to our website here or stop by the center to see a wide variety of wild felines.

For example, we try to keep some of the smaller, high-strung species of cats in quieter areas. And some of the older cages do not have safety fences in front of them – for legal reasons, we are not allowed to have anyone under 18 years old in those areas. That is why only part of the compound is open to general visitors. During Twilight Tours the entire facility is available for viewing.

EFBC’s Feline Conservation Center, also known as the Cat House, is located in Rosamond, California. Cat lovers of all ages who discover this desert zoo/wildlife museum north of Los Angeles are surprised and amazed at the variety of wild cat species found here.

We are dedicated to the protection and preservation of the world’s endangered felines.

Photos courtesy of EFBC Feline Conservation Center.

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Snow Leopards Brought To Conservation Center Near Santa Clarita

3 comments

  1. How will these beautiful animals from a much colder climate adjust to our warm weather?

  2. Love hearing about the snow leopards, but you really stretch the concept of what is “near Santa Clarita”! I normally chuckle when my LA friends think that I live “up there by Lancaster” – but now I have to wonder if they’re right. Are the 35 miles from Santa Clarita to Los Angeles BIGGER miles than the 45 miles to Lancaster – or the 57 miles to Rosamond? So much to ponder, so little time. 🙂

    Ed Brand
    Valencia

  3. It would be nice to have a complete address and/or a phone number for the Conservation Center in this
    article so that an exact location and times for visiting this exotic place could be arranged!

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Kimberly Beers is a Santa Clarita native. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from California State University, Northridge in 2013. While attending the university, she focused her attention on news writing and worked as a primary news writer for the campus' award winning radio station and televised news program. She began writing news stories for KHTS in 2014 and hopes to have a lifetime career dedicated to writing and sharing the news