Also, in the wild, these animals are most active during the hours around dawn and dusk. Woodland Park Zoo's snow leopards are located at the snow leopard exhibit along the Trail of Adaptations near the Australasia exhibit. Other felines that can also be seen along the Trail of Adaptations are the Sumatran tiger, clouded leopard, cougar, serval, jaguar and Pallas's cat. When visiting the snow leopards at Woodland Park Zoo be very patient. These animals blend in easily with the rocks and vegetation in their exhibit and can be hard to see.
Snow leopards are an endangered species.
2 Demand on the black market for the snow leopard's beautiful spotted coat is one of the main reasons it is in danger. Also, loss of natural habitat due to increasing human and domestic livestock populations is causing the numbers of wild snow leopards to decrease. When humans move into snow leopard territory they often scare away animals which the snow leopard preys on. Because the snow leopard is so elusive it is hard to estimate how many are left in the wild. The number might be as few as 4,000.