Sep 3, 2011

Puma Cub Adopted by Veterinary College

SAO PAULO – A puma cub, found by police in a sugarcane field last Sunday, has found adoptive mothers at the College of Veterinary Medicine Ituverava. The cub, estimated to be about 15 days old, was named Cris and receives around-the-clock care at the college, reports O Globo online.

jaguar cub found in Sao Paulo sugar cane field

According to veteranarian Valéria Fardini, the animal was probably abandoned by his mother.

”Jaguars usually have two to three cubs, and as there were on-site machines to harvest the sugar cane, the mother probably was only able to escape the machine with one or two cubs,” she said.

The college experts do not yet know the ultimate fate of the animal, but according to the coordinator, Elzylene Lega, the jaguar should go to a nursery authorized as a zoo or a rehabilitation center.

Miguelópolis is a small agricultural town in the state of São Pualo.

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