--- title: Akron Zoo's New Adorable Baby Snow Leopards are Rare as They are Cute description: Akron Zoo's Shanti and Roscoe are proud parents of two adorable and rare baby snow leopards. canonical: https://time.com/130273/say-hello-to-the-akron-zoos-new-baby-snow-leopards/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-28T19:25:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T08:52:54.395Z og:title: Say Hello to the Akron Zoo's New Baby Snow Leopards og:description: Akron Zoo's Shanti and Roscoe are proud parents of two adorable and rare baby snow leopards og:url: https://time.com/130273/say-hello-to-the-akron-zoos-new-baby-snow-leopards/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a7198ae2ec2a81/6986911ae8524b0a286030f7/screen-shot-2014-05-28-at-3-24-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=540&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 540 og:image:height: 304 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-05-28 at 3.24.55 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Say Hello to the Akron Zoo's New Baby Snow Leopards twitter:description: Akron Zoo's Shanti and Roscoe are proud parents of two adorable and rare baby snow leopards twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a7198ae2ec2a81/6986911ae8524b0a286030f7/screen-shot-2014-05-28-at-3-24-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=540&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Say Hello to the Akron Zoo's New Baby Snow Leopards > Sponsored content. 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Considering there are only 4,000 Snow Leopards left in the wild and just 155 in the Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s Species Survival Plan, the double twins are more than twice as nice. 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