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Ogun Cerrado male from NEX was sent to IOP on both Instuitute's partnership as IOP have Paloma, a Cerrado female jaguar ( also melanistic ) that needs a Cerrado male to breed. IOP also sent to NEX Mati, a cerrado female jaguar to breed with a Cerrado male in NEX.
NEX and IOP together for the breeding in captivity to keep and preserve the Cerrado jaguar's pure genetics on this very threatened population.
Ogun is the most aggressive captive Cerrado male from NEX.
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Ogun and Paloma very first encounter was less tense than expected.