Tell of the arrival of Ann the snow leopard (8)
I believe the answer is:
announce
'tell' is the definition.
(I know that announce is a more specific form of the action tell)
'ann the snow leopard' is the wordplay.
'the snow leopard' becomes 'ounce' (ounce is an alternative name for the snow leopard).
'ann'+'ounce'='ANNOUNCE'
'of the arrival of' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for announce that I've seen before include "Publicise" , "Reveal" , "Declare her weight" , "Make known officially" , "say" .)