2023-08-28 09:42:01
Updated Monday, August 28, 2023 – 09:42
It will be the first albino puma born in captivity in the Central American country
The albino puma, with its mother, at the Thomas Belt Zoo in Nicaragua.OSWALDO RIVASAFPScience Loss of ice has catastrophic effects on emperor penguin colonies
A zoo of Nicaragua I attended a month ago the birth of a albino cougara rare mutation in cats that has excited their keepers.
The birth took place at the zoo. Thomas Belt in Juigalpa, some 139 kilometers from Managua, but the first images of the exclusive specimen were released last week. It’s a little pink-nosed white cougaray will be about the first albino puma born in captivity in the Central American country.
Cougar fur is usually light brown or reddish in color and the genetic mutation that causes white pigmentation is very rare in these catsof which there are hardly any documented cases in the world.
“We are happy to have him because this is not seen very often,” Thomas Belt Carlos Molina, a veterinarian at the zoo, told AFP, detailing that the animal remains sheltered from the gaze of visitors.
Zoo keepers avoid contact with the small albino puma, which He grows up with his mother in a cave installed in the fenced area.and they hope that within two months the puppy can receive veterinary treatment, explains AFP.
“He is in good body condition. We are taking all the measures to be able to have him as healthy as possible together with his mother.Molina assured.
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