Pena Snow Leopard



Date of Birth
1/1/1991

Date of Death:
7/16/2006

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History
Pena was born at CPT. Mother Magnolia, father Ramon. Both parents came to CPT from other facilities.

Pena had a beautiful "hurrrrrruh" voice that balanced between a purr and a tiger chuffle. Pena also enjoyed hunting volunteers from behind the rocks in her enclosure, only to run silently to the fence as soon as they turned their back. When she was feeling especially playful, she would have a good romp back and forth her enclosure fence with the accomodating volunteer trying to keep up.

Pena died of in July of 2006. Her cause of death was heart failure. Pena gave the CPT family a tremendous respect for the beauty and rarity of snow leopards- and we will treasure the priviledge of sharing a few moments in time with such an amazing animal.

"Dear Pena, one of our rarest gems, who taught us to simply be who we are, with no apologies." - Pam Fulk

Tribute by Amanda Byrne.
photo/s courtesy of Andy and Melissa Foshee, ©CPT'