VIDEO: Snow leopard cub born in UK's Chester Zoo. Hidden camera images show a rare snow leopard cub, the first to be born in the UK's Chester Zoo. Nubra and the cub's father Yashin were carefully matched in 2024 as part of an international conservation breeding programme. Snow leopards are classed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, with just 4,000 remaining in the wild