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Snowie is a sabertooth-tiger snow leopard and the owner of Jiyu Zoo, a zoo that specialized in rehabilitation, education, and spreading awareness on conservation efforts! She also has an enclosure in the zoo where people can watch her while she's off duty. Her enclosure is the main attraction and is at the center of the zoo. Snowie carries two companions around, a kinkajou named Kiki and a crested gecko named Alduin. She can also be seen with other animals when she does educational shows!

• Lore

Through the early stages of Homo Sapien evolution, a being was created by Gaia to protect and look over every animal as humans started rising through the food chain. She named her Felidae, Goddess of Wild Animals. Gaia took inspiration from one of the apex predators in the Americas during the Pleistocene period. The sabertooth tiger was a fierce competitor to keep humans in check, both holding onto the top spots of the food chain. Through thousands of years Felidae would manifest as a large sabertooth tiger, only showing herself to humans when they participated in overconsumption and unfair hunting advantages. She would punish the Homo Sapiens, eating them alive to give back to Gaia. The Homo Sapiens would leave paintings of a large beast with even larger fangs in their homes. Telling their children to respect Earth’s animals or else the fierce beast would eat their families in front of them. Years passed and sabertooth tigers would become extinct due to a combination of climate change and human competition. This threw Felidae through a deep rage, cursing humans with the Last Glacial Maximum. This was the last and ever known harsh ice age period on Earth. Gaia did not approve of this and put Felidae into an eternal slumber. Millions of years she slept deep beneath the ice, forgetting her purpose and who she was. Humans evolved even more, causing major changes to the Earth. The climate would change drastically due to new technology being invented. In the 1900s the Earth would become warmer, melting the strong ice in the Arctic. Slowly, Felidae would escape her iced prison. Not remembering her past or who she was, she had to blend into the new world; taking on the form of a snow leopard. She watched for years, the evolved humans, the new animals and how different it was from her scattered memories. Felidae saw thousands of hunts, humans poaching and obliterating the animals on Earth for profit. Something deep inside her would burn again. She became reckless and was caught one hunting season in the mountains. The poachers brought her back to their civilization, auctioning her off to rich individuals for her unique coat. Felidae was helpless, not being able to remember her purpose, her Godly powers. Although, through a spark of hope, she was rescued by a group of humans who were animal activists. The burning in her chest faded and she began to like humans. The activists put her into a Zoo, where she was safe and made it feel like home. They adored her, even called her Snowie. Snowie would change, her appearance and mannerisms slowly mimicking a human’s. Through countless years, she outlived everyone who rescued and took care of her. She taught herself how to be more human-like, fully adapting to her new lifestyle. Through the kindness of these humans, she swore to carry on their legacy. Once Snowie was fully adapted, she created a zoo just like the one she was rescued in. Jiyu Zoo was born and Snowie became a zoo keeper. She rescues and takes in all different types of animals with different situations. Her earliest ambassador was a kinkajou she named Kiki. Kiki was a wild kinkajou that was declawed, making her unable to live in the wild anymore. Snowie rescued her, just like she was rescued and gave Kiki a new beginning. Current day, Snowie now resides in Jiyu Zoo, living in her own enclosure. She continues to rescue animals and educate humans about them and animal conservation. Her memories of being an old Goddess will never return… for now.