It is an event that the teams at the Pessac zoo, near Bordeaux (Gironde), can now share with the public. The baby jaguar born in the enclosure of the zoo on August 28, can now be admired by visitors, announces the establishment.
“His first outing took place last weekend and went very well,” explains the zoo, which was looking forward to these first steps. The animal, which weighed 4.9 kg after five weeks, was born from the rapprochement within the zoo of Catalina and Mato, its two parents, five years ago.
Threatened species
This is “excellent news for conservation, rejoices the zoo, since the jaguar is an endangered species, listed on the red list of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). »
The birth of a jaguar in captivity remains “rare and exceptional. “In 2021, only six jaguars were born in all of the member parks of EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquariums) and two in 2020.”