On the road that connects Valledupar to La Paz, near the Salguero bridge, the community reported a feline that was on the side of the road, which was dying.
The matter was brought to the attention of Corpocesar, so officers from the Center for the Care and Evaluation of Wildlife went to the scene, discovering that it was a lifeless ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) because possible run.
In the assessment by the experts, they showed that the animal suffered a blow to the lower part of the head near the nostrils, causing internal bleeding.
The body was transferred to the Care Center for a thorough assessment and to determine the specific causes of death.
“We ask citizens to be careful when traveling through the county’s roads, as these sites correspond to the natural corridors through which these seabirds move, as a result on the transformation of their forests, which make them move more every day by crossing highways, which do not appear in their entire passage, strategies to cross- facilitate a pull between areas, putting them at risk of death as a result of being run over,” said Corpocesar.
