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   London, England is a dazzling city characterized by modernity and prosperity that one would never (69) with wildlife. Nevertheless, Cat Survival Trust, founded by Dr. Terry Moore decades ago behind a farm shop close to London, is home to wild cats. The Trust, (70) intended to house exotic cats, is now (71) by one of the world’s biggest collections of snow leopards because Terry has a soft spot for snow leopards. Considering that the numbers of snow leopards around the world are (72) falling, Terry has developed a breeding program. The program is (73) sending snow leopard cubs reproduced by the Trust’s snow leopards to India to be released back into the wild. However, not all the stories taking place inside the Trust are encouraging. One female snow leopard, Irbis suffers a lot when she gives birth to her cubs. She, (74) in the process, finally has a stillbirth. And (75) the misfortune, something extremely tragic happens. The poison from the stillbirth kills Irbis. An X-ray taken by the (76) reveals that the three cubs inside her must have been very active, which caused their umbilical cords to get twisted, cutting off their life support. Terry carries on with his day-to-day work (77) the occasional sad incidents. Terry has proved to us that his determination is (78) the future of snow leopards.