Jaguar

Felinos Silvestres
panthera onca (Felidae)

Tiggy

I am a jaguar too; I’m the oldest feline at the Shelter, my name is TIGGY. I arrived in 1992; some men in Nicaragua killed my mom to get the skin, and were selling me with just 3 months old. They heard that Ms. Lilly had several wild animals (in some cases bought them to save their lives) and tried to sell me to her. She agreed and coordinated the meeting, and announced the police; who came and seized me. I'm already a very old individual, usually my specie in the wild live between 13-15 years. Here I managed to live more years because of the excellent care and food given to me.

Rafa

My name is RAFA, I was delivered to officials of the Arenal-Tempisque Conservation Area (SINAC-MINAET), when I was three months in May 1999. Some farmers killed my mother because she has been preying on cattle on a farm in San Rafael of Guatuso, Upala. I really hurt my milk teeth, because they tied a stick in my mouth to avoid biting. Mrs. Lilly feed me six months with a catheter, while I regenerate my teeth. Since I am a big cat, I cannot be returned to my natural habitat, because usually we, jaguars, live two years with our mothers as we learn to hunt and survive in the forest. The Shelter is not able to enforce those needs and ensure our survival if they release us, so they try to give us a better quality of life here.

Curubanda

My name is CURUBANDA, I was rescued in November 2013 with just 10 months old in a IDA terrain near the Rincon de la Vieja Volcano. One night I got lost looking for food and my mom. People were frightened and chased me with dogs and locked in a chicken coop while they called the employs of ACG-SINAC to come and take me away from there. I was so weak that when the vet of the Rescue Center arrived was not necessary to anesthetize to put me into a kennel. Researchers and staff of the Center had faith to recover and reintroduce me back into the forest, but after several weeks of observation they realized that I had vision problems and therefore it was a risk to release me‚ because I won’t be able to survive alone and would be an easy prey for humans. Thanks to the efforts of the staff of Las Pumas Rescue Center now I've recovered and I'm safe, and I have a house conditioned simulating a natural forest.

Curubanda