Illness forced vets to euthuanize recaptured jaguar

drmeow

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Tue Mar-03-09 02:59 PM
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Illness forced vets to euthuanize recaptured jaguar

Source: Arizona Republic

Jaguars are protected as an endangered species but on Monday night one of the rare felines was euthanized after being captured, released and recaptured by state authorities.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/03/02/20090302abrk-jaguar0302-ON.html

I may cry - the first wild jaguar to be captured and fitted with a radio-collar in the United States -- and the only jaguar known to be living here -- was euthanized in Phoenix, AZ Monday night.

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StarryNite

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:01 PM
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1. Oh, no!

:cry:

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Warpy

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:02 PM
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2. That's sad because of the data they will lose

but it was an old kitty with failing kidneys. It would have been terrible to release it to die in agony.

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The Stranger

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:05 PM
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3. Why do humans always end up euthanizing nearly endangered species?

Given how extraordinarily rare this species is, why not let it have a fighting chance?

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moundsview

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:08 PM
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4. This one was 16 years old and had kidney failure

One of the reasons that they were able to capture and collar it in the 1st place was that it was old and sick and not moving very fast.

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RaleighNCDUer

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:56 PM
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9. it had lost 18 lbs in just two weeks - it was obviously not hunting well.

Probably how it was trapped in the first place - it went for bait, because it couldn't catch prey.

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La Lioness Priyanka

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:10 PM
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5. its more humane? also, at 16 the jaguar isnt breeding. its just more humane

to let the creature die with as little pain as possible

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Arkansas Granny

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:12 PM
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6. It sounds like he had already lost the fight. They just let him go without any

further suffering.

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Kali

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:31 PM
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11. they aren't THAT rare

in the US yes, but fairly common south of the border

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sandyj999

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:27 PM
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7. They Did the Right Thing n/t

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uppityperson

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Tue Mar-03-09 03:37 PM
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8. RIP jaguar. Poor sick jaguar, rip now.

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closeupready

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Tue Mar-03-09 04:20 PM
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10. Sad.

:cry: I love cats. Hate to think there's one less in the world, esp. a big one.

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