Snow leopard shot after zoo escape

A snow leopard has been shot after escaping from its zoo enclosure. The eightyear-old animal was euthanised at 5pm on

October 23 after Dudley Zoo in the West Midlands had

“no other option in the interest of public safety”.

The zoo said the snow leopard called Margaash was shot once by a senior member of the firearms team and did not suffer. Margaash, who lived with a three-yearold female snow leopard called Taiga, managed to escape after a “keeper error” meant the enclosure door was left open.