The US State Department has announced the impending arrival of an unusual guest from Pakistan - an orphaned snow leopard cub. Thirteen-month-old Leo is due in New York on Wednesday after surviving both the loss of his parents and the Pakistani earthquake.
He was found in the snow-hit north of the country last year by a shepherd who hand-fed him to keep him alive.
The snow leopard is one of the world's most endangered big cat species.
'Shepherd's compassion'
Leo - one of only a few thousand snow leopards left in the wild - was found by the shepherd in the mountains of north Pakistan in July 2005.
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