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Snow Leopard Layan Becomes Kid Favorite at Santa Barbara Zoo

PATRICIA MARTELLOTTI I KEYT
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Published 11:37 am

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Layan, a 9-year-old snow leopard at the Santa Barbara Zoo, is quickly winning over young visitors.

He arrived from the Idaho Falls Zoo as part of a conservation breeding program.

Layan replaces the zoo’s late snow leopard, Kisa, giving families a rare chance to see this vulnerable species up close.

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