Distressing moments he experienced pudú (Pudu puda) during the afternoon of this Monday in the commune of Chonchi, on the Isla Grande Chiloé, when was chased by a dog loose.
The chase was recorded on video by witnesses who, during the dog’s attack, vThey heard how this one was chasing the small native deer, swimming in the waters of Lake Huillinco. “It is drowning them,” warned one of those present.
Everything indicated that the hunt for the exotic predator would end in tragedy for the tender herbivore, but a man from Temuco, Francisco Nancun, who was out for a walk in the area, rescued him, according to what has been spread on social networks.
The fortuitous rescuer dissuaded the attacker and sheltered the pudú in the house of his mother, who lives near Cucao. This male deer spent a few hours in that home, waiting for the arrival of personnel from the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG), to transfer him to the Chiloé Silvestre rescue center, in Ancud.
They free the pudú, but run over two others
However, finally, After being checked in Castro by the institution itself, “he was in good condition and they released him,” updated Javier Cabello, director of the NGO, to The fourth.
“He did not have injuries that justify putting him through a process of captivity and rehabilitation,” explained Rocío Vicencio, the center’s veterinarian.. In fact, he warns that “just yesterday, if the SAG had attended, it could have been reinserted after an on-site evaluation.”
Although the pudú in this case was savedthe animal doctor warns that after a stressful episode, “due to the dog’s escape and the capture of people afterwards, there is always the possibility of developing” a syndrome of capture myopathy, pathology associated with very stressful situations, which can cause intense muscle stiffness and pain, ataxia, paresis, torticollis, prostration, paralysis and even sudden death, according to information from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Unit of the Andrés Bello University.
Javier, meanwhile, warns that, in parallel, In the same sector he was notified of another pudú chased by a dog, “which was rescued by people, and apparently has nothing”, says. But also“at these precise moments the SAG is coming with two pudúes, one from Dalcahue and the other from Butalcura, apparently both run over”, warns about the new cases to be attended to. “That is the reality of Chiloé.”
During the weekend, the island’s rescue center suffered the death of two Pudués residents, “Pudini” and “Pullü”, due to a dog that sneaked into the premises.
