The Ramat Gan Safari will participate in a project aiming to populate European zoos with 200 leopards and to release some into the wild.

(December 14, 2022 / JNS) After arriving from France, 2-year-old Mademoiselle is acclimating to her new home before meeting her planned mate, Coresh.

Staff at the Ramat Gan Safari, near Tel Aviv, had asked the public for suggestions for a name for the 2-year-old Persian leopard. She was previously in the Beauval Zoo in France’s Loire Valley, Ynet reported.

“The couple was not chosen as mates randomly,” said Safari zoologist Keren Or, according to the report. “She has been intended for Coresh from birth based on specific information and family ties and has been trained in both French and English ahead of her arrival.”

The two felines will participate in a project to reproduce the species, which intends to populate European zoos with 200 leopards and release some of them into the wild.