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Nashville Zoo artificially inseminates clouded leopard Niran

Nashville Tennessean
Nashville Zoo carnivores keepers Danielle Berthold and Sloane Campbell carry Niran, a clouded leopard, into HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center to be artificial insemination on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
Nashville Zoo carnivores keepers Danielle Berthold and Sloane Campbell carry Niran, a clouded leopard, into HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center to be artificial insemination on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
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A team of veterinarian technicians and carnivore keepers prepare Niran, a clouded leopard, for surgery at HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere's on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.
A team of veterinarian technicians and carnivore keepers prepare Niran, a clouded leopard, for surgery at HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere's on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Dr. Adrienne E. Crosier performs surgery to artificial insemination Niran, a clouded leopard, at the HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center at the Nashville Zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Dr. Adrienne E. Crosier performs surgery to artificial insemination Niran, a clouded leopard, at the HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center at the Nashville Zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
Shelley Mays, The Tennessean
Nashville Zoo veterinary technician Bailey Jones,left, and hospital keeper Melinda Kommavongs prepare thawed clouded leopard semen to be artificial insemination into a female clouded leopard at HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center at the Nashville Zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.
Nashville Zoo veterinary technician Bailey Jones,left, and hospital keeper Melinda Kommavongs prepare thawed clouded leopard semen to be artificial insemination into a female clouded leopard at HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center at the Nashville Zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.
Shelley Mays/, The Tennessean
A team of veterinarians and technicians at the Nashville Zoo at HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center work together to artificial insemination a clouded leopard named Niran at the zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
A team of veterinarians and technicians at the Nashville Zoo at HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center work together to artificial insemination a clouded leopard named Niran at the zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
Shelley Mays/ The Tennessean
A team of veterinarians and technicians at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere's animal hospital work together to artificial insemination a clouded leopard named Niran at the zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
A team of veterinarians and technicians at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere's animal hospital work together to artificial insemination a clouded leopard named Niran at the zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
Shelley Mays/, The Tennessean
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Dr. Adrienne E. Crosier performs surgery to artificial insemination Niran, a clouded leopard, at the HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center at the Nashville Zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Dr. Adrienne E. Crosier performs surgery to artificial insemination Niran, a clouded leopard, at the HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center at the Nashville Zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Niran is the first-ever clouded leopard born through an artificial insemination process using thawed or frozen semen.
Shelley Mays/ The Tennessean