Taken at the Akron Zoo - Akron, OH

Today on my day off I used the cold, snowing weather as an opportunity to head out to the Akron Zoo and see the animals. As it turned out I was the only crazy person to think this as I was the first person there and this suited me fine because when I got to Shanti's exhibit, I got to interact with her a lot. She ran back and forth, leaping from rock to branch to hill, climbed up to the top of the enclosure and rubbed her face on the fencing as I told her what a beautiful girl she was, rubbed up against the glass where my hand was and she even "stalked" me as I hid behind one of the pillars and peeked out at her. You definitely don't get this on hot, crowded days!

Shanti is the female snow leopard at the Akron Zoo, meant to be the mate to Roscoe. I knew it was her because she has much more delicate features and of course the notch from her ear when Roscoe got too excited to see her back in February.

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Other photos of Shanti:

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