Editing Bronx Zoo (section)

====Himalayan Highlands====
[[File:Snow leopard at bronx zoo.jpg|thumb|[[Snow leopard]] in the Himalayan Highlands exhibit]]Himalayan Highlands, which opened on June 27, 1986,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/11/arts/bronx-zoo-s-airborne-heralds-of-spring.html |title=Bronx Zoo's Airborne Heralds of Spring |date=April 11, 1986 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-date=October 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005111821/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/11/arts/bronx-zoo-s-airborne-heralds-of-spring.html |url-status=live}}</ref> recreates the [[Himalayas]] region of Asia. The exhibit is known for its highly naturalistic look and use of the hilly and rocky terrain found in that portion of the zoo. The stars of the exhibit are the zoo's multiple [[snow leopard]]s. The exhibit also is home to [[red panda]]s and [[white-naped crane]]s. In 2006, the zoo brought in a male snow leopard named Leo from [[Pakistan]] after he was orphaned at around two months old.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bigcatrescue.org/pakistans-first-lady-welcomes-snow-leopard-to-bronx-zoo/ |title=Pakistan's First Lady welcomes snow leopard to Bronx Zoo – Big Cat Rescue |work=Big Cat Rescue |date=September 29, 2006 |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305120534/https://bigcatrescue.org/pakistans-first-lady-welcomes-snow-leopard-to-bronx-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Leo sired a male cub on April 9, 2013. The cub is one of more than 70 snow leopards born at the zoo, which was the first U.S. zoo to exhibit the species in 1903. Leo later became a grandfather when his son sired a female cub in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.today.com/pets/snow-leopard-cub-storybook-beginnings-makes-debut-bronx-zoo-8C11017315 |title=Snow leopard cub with storybook beginnings makes debut at Bronx Zoo |author=Danika Fears |work=TODAY.com |date=August 27, 2013 |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080926/http://www.today.com/pets/snow-leopard-cub-storybook-beginnings-makes-debut-bronx-zoo-8C11017315 |url-status=live}}</ref>