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Yes... however the Parc des Félins is hardish to get to. My grandparents live in Paris but the only time we went was with my uncle because my grandparents didn't want to drive all the way across Paris...
Not easy with public transport either.
Another good place is Prague, but have to agree with you as a fellow big cat lover @Arizona Docent that Parc des Felins has to be high on the list. Otherwise, the Big cat sanctuary in Kent, Cleveland metroparks and Beauval also great collections for big cats generally.

By the way @Arizona Docent what is your favourite big cat?
 
Cleveland Metroparks? That is surprising. As someone mentioned Exotic Feline Breeding Compound (aka Feline Conservation Center) has a great collection of leopards in particular and cats in general. However the enclosures range from mediocre to awful and many are so small I would consider them inhumane. I no longer support that facility, in spite of their unparalleled breeding success. For best cat collections in USA (though not specifically leopards) I would say Project Survival's Cat Haven, Memphis Zoo, Oklahoma City Zoo, The Living Desert Zoo, plus a rescue place in Florida that I will not name because they are avidly anti-zoo and they are also media fiends who scour the internet for any mention of their name and wild cats in general. (As an aside, they joined this site years ago but quickly stopped posting, presumably because they realized it was a waste of time to convince hardcore zoo fans that zoos are a bad thing).
 
Yup Cleveland has Siberian tigers, Amur leopards, Persian leopards, clouded leopard, snow leopard, lion and cheetah. They also have all species of bear except pandas and Asian blacks and also ocelots, black footed cats etc...
An impressive collection- haven't seen the photos of their exhibits but they can't be amazing, otherwise they would be taking part in the Zoochat cup I assume.
 
@amur leopard I know this comment thread is almost a year old, but does Cleveland really still have Persian leopard? I thought that an Amur leopard replaced the Persian they had in the old exhibit before it was moved to Asian Highlands.
 

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