Orphaned pumas (Credit: Memphis Zoo) MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Four orphaned pumas have found a new home at the Memphis Zoo after their mother abandoned them in Washington, according to zookeepers.Zoo officials said the female puma gave birth to the kittens — three males and one female — in the backyard of a Washington resident.
When U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials tried to relocate the family, the mother ended up abandoning her young. Officials said after two days of the mother not returning, they decided to intervene and care for the kittens.
The Memphis Zoo was selected as the home through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ puma monitoring program. Lara Fraser shot video of 2-year-old Rylee having a play date with an Amur leopard and her.