Weakened and underweight, The jaguar that killed the homemade Jorge Ávalo, 60, It goes through a protein -rich diet to recover at the Wild Animal Rehabilitation Center (CRAS) in Campo Grande (MS).
Once a day, the feline has at their disposal a meal of 7 kilos of an animal protein source like fish, chicken and beef. Last Monday (28), the animal’s medical bulletin detailed: “Ate all the food left yesterday, left only a fish head.”
As a carnivorous accustomed to predation, jaguars do not necessarily eat every day, but ingest large amounts of meat when hunting. Per week, felines consume between 35 and 40 kg of meat .
The male weighed 94 pounds when it arrived at the rehabilitation last Thursday (24), while expected to an animal of its size would be about 120 pounds. With 26 pounds thinner, the jaguar “has eaten everything, it didn’t refuse anything”, according to the veterinarians.
On the fourth day in the center, the jaguar was reactive with the human presence and “It tried to threaten attack” . The animal is conscious and “alert”.
In total abdominal ultrasound examination, doctors observed acute liver and kidney changes, “Not indicating the insufficiency of such organs at this time ”According to the report. Previously, preliminary examinations indicated kidney and liver compromises.
The animal exams show an inflammatory change in the digestive tract (gastroenteritis). Professionals await new results to find out if there is infectious cause. Blood collection still showed “light” anemia.
Jaguar should not return to nature
After recovery, the animal should not return to the forest region where it was captured three days after the attack.
The feline must be transferred to a definitive or provisional enclosure – as soon as rehabilitated and tests show that the picture is stable and dehydration reversal.
In a note to CNN the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) said future referrals will be discussed by the State Secretariat of Environment, Development, Science, Technology and Innovation (Semadesc) in conjunction with the Institute.
This content was originally published in a jaguar that killed homemade pounds of meat and fish: “just left the head” on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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