Perm Irbis Kungur moved to Krasnoyarsk
Male snow leopard named Kungur two years ago was born in the Perm zoo
A male snow leopard named Kungur was born two years ago in the Perm zoo. Now the irbis has arrived in the Park of Flora and Fauna “Royev brook” in Krasnoyarsk. Kungur became the representative of the first offspring received as part of the formation of a reserve group of snow leopards in Russian zoos. Now the Permian snow leopard will have to create a new genetic branch to preserve this rare species.
The parents of Kungur, Aksu and Snezhek are the first couple created under a tripartite agreement between the Sayano-Shushensky Reserve, the Roev Creek Park and the Perm Zoo. Irbis is now undergoing mandatory quarantine and adapting to its new home. His brother Jungur stayed at the Perm Zoo.
According to Anastasia Zaloga, Director General of Perm Zoo, the country’s zoos now contain 16 snow leopards, nine of which were born in the Perm Zoo. The birth of irbis in captivity is preceded by a large zoological work, in the Perm Zoo it has been conducted since 1987. Over the years, 20 kittens were born here.
Aksu, Kungur’s mother, came to Perm in 2022 as part of a tripartite cooperation agreement between the Sayano-Shushensky Reserve, Roev Creek Park and the Perm Zoo. At the Perm Zoo, Snezhek, a male with Czech roots, was waiting for her. Over time, the irbis found a common language, and in 2024, the long-awaited kittens were born: Kungur and Jungur. The birth of snow leopards in the zoo has become a unique and significant event on a national scale. And in 2026, Aksu and Snezhek again became parents - Polyud, Visher and Kolva were born. In the same year, the Perm Zoo joined the EARAZ, SOZAR Program for the formation and preservation of the snow leopard population and became its co-curator.
