Photo de stock - 28 January 2021, Brandenburg, Cottbus: Jens Kämmerling (l), director of Cottbus Zoo, and Ronny Bachmann, animal keeper, hold two young Chinese leopards in their hands. Cottbus Zoo has achieved an important breeding success with the China leopards. A newly formed breeding pair had now for the first time offspring and two small male cubs. As is typical for leopards, the cubs spent their first weeks completely undisturbed in the litter box and are now beginning to explore their surroundings and also the outdoor enclosure. Leopardess ""Shira"" comes from the breeding of the zoo Gotha and looks after her first litter excellently and very relaxed. Father of the cubs is ""Sian"", who was already born here. As he is very important for the further breeding program due to a genetically important father, we had employed him for some years in Hamburg at Hagenbeck's zoo. After his return he has now provided for double offspring. China leopards are a leopard subspecies that is severely threatened in the wild due to habitat loss and hunting. Their successful keeping and breeding is a good tradition at Cottbus Zoo. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Cottbus/Brandenburg/Germany