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Darjeeling: Mamata names snow leopard cubs Charming and Darling

Darjeeling, Nov 13 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday named two snow leopard cubs, born in captivity in the Darjeeling Zoo, Charming and Darling.
Banerjee, who is on an official visit to this eastern Himalaya district of Darjeeling town named the cubs while taking a morning stroll, official sources said.
She also named four Red Panda cubs - also born in captivity in the zoo - Paharia, Dream, Victory and Hilly. The Red Panda, the latter is the most elusive endangered wild animal found in Darjeeling Hills, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in India, besides Nepal.
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