An ocelot (leopardus pardalis) and a margay (leopardus wiedii), which were rescued by co -chocó in the municipalities of Acandí and Riosucio, were transferred by technical personnel of the entity to the entity’s technical personnel to the valuation and wildlife center for the regional autonomous corporation From the Black and Nare rivers basins, Cornare.
There they will be valued and treated by veterinary doctors, who will determine what their rehabilitation and recovery process will be, to later carry out their release in their natural habitat.
The species were reported to the Darién regional, after the community reported its presence in farms close to domestic animals; And with the aim of preventing it from being attentive against the life of wild felines and that communities suffered some risk, they were safely rescued.
Divan Valoyes, an ecologist of the corporation, said that during the dry season, the water availability and natural dams of the cats decreases in the areas of plant cover, which contributes to the presence of these species in the places where animals such as ( cattle, pigs, canines, poultry), giving rise to conflicts with humans.
Codchocó thanks the community for joining the care of wildlife and reporting any type of threat that puts the biodiversity of the region at risk. On the other hand, remember that the possession of wild animals is a penalized crime through article 328 of the Colombian Criminal Code, which regulates the traffic, marketing and consumption of wildlife, up to 108 months in prison and fines ranging from 35 thousand current legal minimum wages.
Species data
Ocelote. The Leopardus Pardalis is the greatest of the little felines stained in America. Its fur is short and smooth, yellow or reddish yellow and has parallel and lodged stripes elongated with black edges in the body. It has a white spot on each ear and black lines. It resides in mangroves, coastal swamps, grasslands, thickets, and tropical forest of all types: primary, secondary, perennial, seasonal and montano.
Margay. The Leopardus Wiedii is a wild feline with a small ocelot appearance with a proportionally longer tail dotted with black rings, its ears are rounded, large, black on the outside and with a white moon. One of its most notable characteristics is the big saltons. Inhabits forests, secondary and dry forests; And it feeds on tsoat, rabbits rodents, armadillos, primates, lazy, among others.
Among the main threats against these two felines are the destruction and fragmentation of forests, hunting for the illegal trade in their skin and the effects of residents of rural areas because they consider it a threat to domestic animals. Another threat it suffers is illegal pet trafficking.
In this regard, he co -chocated in his commitment to the conservation of the natural resources of the department, calls to deliver the wild fauna that is illegally found in farms and houses, since they must be in strategic ecosystems where they play a role Very important of the ecological cycle.
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