Black Caiman

[Dark Jaguar]

4.10 meters Wild Black Caiman captured at human populated area in Curuá - Pará (Northern Brazil ) and taken to a zoo for recovery.


http://g1.globo.com/pa/santarem-regiao/n...-para.html

https://www.folhadoprogresso.com.br/jaca...-em-curua/

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Unfortunately He was found hurt and he had to stay in captivity for recovery.

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June 2015

''A Black Caiman of 4.10 meters was found on Thursday (25) in the municipality of Curuá, western region of Pará. The animal was rescued and taken to Santarém where he is being taken care of at the municipality's zoo, Zoofit.

"It is a male and along his back there are two wounds, one superficial and the other six centimeters deep which must have been caused by some perforating material, it could have been either a Harpoon or a Fascine knife" informed the zoo's veterinarian Jairo Moura.

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TRANSLOCATING THE BEAST

''It took 10 men on the process to carry the Black Caiman and more than 2 hard long hours to take it to the truck that will transport it to the zoo while it was still inside the wooden box and a lot of work to carefully remove the animal to put it in a tank at the zoo. The Black caiman was calm while being removed from the crate, but according to the veterinarian it could be due to several reasons such as the stress at the moment of the capture in Curuá, the fatigue of the trip to Santarém and the injuries that keeps it a little fragile.''

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"From now on he will remain in the observation process because this species has a slower metabolism compared to mammals. The response to these drugs and dressings will come but slowly" explained the veterinarian.

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The repitile got released to the enclosure where he will stay under medical care during all week to verify the healing process of the wounds.

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The Black Caiman must stay in the zoo for undefined time.

The coordinator of the Zoofit, Sidcley Matos claimed.

''In the moment he is gonna stay in this area cause its the only larger area we got for him and who knows as soon as he recovers he will be back to the wild if decided by the veterinarians and the environmental agencies because an animal this size we can't release anywhere, cause he might return in an area with bigger population of humans where there's  bathers, so we gotta release him where there's preys for him where he shall stay there without returning to populated areas.''

"If he does not return to the habitat, another environment will be prepared for him with more space, a larger pond so that he can survive with quality for the rest of his life or we will see with the environmental agencies a less populated place"  clarified Matos.

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