The Bronx Zoo’s newest resident is Sarka, a baby snow leopard. While Sarka was snoozing away the early afternoon, I was lucky enough to catch her mother, Dari, gently grooming the five-month-old cub.
Sarka means “shark” in Nepali, and her elusive species live high in the mountains of Nepal, Mongolia, Pakistan, India and China. Often called “ghosts of the mountains” ...