One of the two Persian leopard cubs born at Sweden's Nordens Ark zoo in June. Story continues below…Madius is one of two Persian leopard cubs born at Nordens Ark in mid-June, the first such cubs to be raised in Sweden. Not that he could have hurt anyone, but for the cub’s own health and well-being,” Nordens Ark CEO Mats Höggren explained to news agency TT. Photo: Tom Svensson/TTTT/The Local · 2 Aug 2016, 16:39Published: 02 Aug 2016 16:29 GMT+02:00Updated: 02 Aug 2016 16:39 GMT+02:00A Swedish zoo has reinforced one of its enclosures after a tiny six-week-old leopard cub escaped through a hole and sparked a 20 minute chase. The great escape took place on Monday afternoon at Nordens Ark zoo on the country’s west coast, when Madius the three-kilo leopard squeezed through a small gap in his enclosure and ran for freedom.

Source: The Local August 02, 2016 14:37 UTC