Kids Say the Darndest Things About Snow Leopards

Some public school kids were treated to the first look at Central Park Zoo's new snow leopards yesterday, the first of their kind to have a Manhattan zip code. Some of the kids talked to the Daily News, giving their initial thoughts on the uncertain future of the animals as a species. One 8-year-old named Conway told them, "I'm inspired. In the winter, I will spend all the time helping endangered animals by not wasting paper, and I will try not to litter, which I already do." What about the other three seasons Conway?

Meanwhile, as students chanted "No fur coats!" Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe tried to quell the future PETA army by telling a joke—"What happened to the leopard that took a bath three times a day? He became spotless."