Newborn puma cubs named Pandemic and Quarantine in Mexican zoo

Vets claim lack of visitors at the zoo during the lockdown enabled the births of the cubs

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'Pandemic' and 'Quarantine' increases the number of American pumas worldwide, the Felis concolor which is an endangered species.
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Mother of two cubs named 'Pandemic' and 'Quarantine'.
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Gonzalo Rodriguez, owner of the 'Africa Bio-Zoo' rescue and rehabilitation centre in Cordoba shows the two American puma cubs.
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'Pandemic' and 'Quarantine' are seen inside the 'Africa Bio-Zoo' rescue and rehabilitation centre in Cordoba
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Veterinarians claim lack of visitors at the 'Africa Bio-Zoo' during the coronavirus lockdown enabled the births of the cubs
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A girl feeds two American puma cubs at the 'Africa Bio-Zoo' rescue and rehabilitation centre in Cordoba.
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Two American puma cubs, (also called mountain lion, cougar), named "Pandemic" and "Quarantine" after being born during the current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, are seen inside the "Africa Bio-Zoo" rescue and rehabilitation centre in Cordoba, State of Veracruz, Mexico, on May 23, 2020. / AFP / Victoria RAZO
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A girl feeds one of two American puma cubs, (also called mountain lion, cougar), named "Pandemic" and "Quarantine" after being born during the current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, at the "Africa Bio-Zoo" rescue and rehabilitation centre in Cordoba, State of Veracruz, Mexico, on May 23, 2020. / AFP / VICTORIA RAZO
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A girl feeds two American puma cubs, (also called mountain lion, cougar), named "Pandemic" and "Quarantine" after being born during the current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, at the "Africa Bio-Zoo" rescue and rehabilitation centre in Cordoba, State of Veracruz, Mexico, on May 23, 2020. / AFP / VICTORIA RAZO
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