ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, June 8, 1996                 TAG: 9606090051
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 

STILL WAITING FOR THE PURRFECT HOME

LENGTH: Short :   19 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ERIC BRADY/Staff. Boris the snow leopard, one of only 
          500 living in captivity, arrived at the Mill Mountain Zoo on May 31 
          and is being kept in temporary digs until the zoo completes a 
          $45,000 fund drive for a permanent facility. The zoo has collected 
          $20,000 so far and is still accepting gifts. The facility will be 
          large enough to house Boris and his sister, Olga, who is still at a 
          zoo in Toledo, Ohio. color.