Fanny Miranda and Norma Ponce
Mexico City and Chihuahua / 10.05.2025 03:42:42
Of the Black bear offspring (ursus americanus) between 2 and 3 months age, they were orphans for recent forest fires occurred in the wooden mountain range in Chihuahua, and after spending five days in an exhibition enclosure at the Chihuahua Zoo, located in Aldama, this Thursday inspectors of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) They took the Oseznos to Ciudad Juárez, where they will spend the weekend and then be eNviados airway next Monday to the Invictus Foundation of Pachuca, Hidalgo.
“They should not have habituation to the human being, since They have enormous biological value and a potential to be released In their habitat, once a time passed to enrich them, in guaranteeing caloric intake (…) we proposed their transfer; We have put ourselves as a deadline to Monday, ”said Irika Ortigoza, president of the Invictus Foundation.
After losing his mother in the fire, the little bears -two males – They were welcomed a couple of days by a family that lives in the Sierra, until Profepa inspectors went to its rescue and on Saturday, May 3 lThey gave you in shelter to the Chihuahua Zoo where they received first aid, but also They were put in an exhibitoralong with two other rescued bears; action that public opinion did not like, because The zoo invited citizens to visit the creatures.
“What is the way of having them properly? Well, with a copy of the same species, not having them locked in a room, where they do not see anyone. They did not tell me that they were going to be released laterthen I, in my knowledge and in what I have of a zoo, I considered that this is the prudent so that the animals were not stressed, ”he said in an interview with MILLENNIUMthe director of the Zoo, Alberto Hernández.
The director of the zoo, He maintains that the teacher never forbade them to install animals In an exhibition enclosure, a situation that the inspectors had knowledge because they went every day to review the health status of the young that They arrived malnourished because they did not receive convenient foodso immediately, they were fed “with a formula with calcoster, a supplement of breast milk to develop long -term defenses.”
Besides, He indicated that one of the specimens had three minor burnsat the top of the nose, which only required healing.
“The first day We think one of them was going to dieFortunately we put some analgesics to why he brought some diarrhea, because of how little he had food and could overcome that stage; We have already started to give the necessary formula for food And then we were modifying it a little with honey, and that is what you could see today, very active, spare parts, not enough because it was a few days, but yes lor necessary to perfectly survive a long season”Said the Zoo director, after leaving the stay where the bears played with him.
On the same Saturday they received the oseznos, The zoo summoned citizens to meet themon the occasion of the bridge on May 1, a situation that in social networks generated a wave of criticism, because The young were not laid in quarantine.
In a separate interview, the Association of Zoos and Aquarios de México (Azcarm) – to which the Chihuahuan institution belongs – He assured that the law does not forbid them to exhibit them.
“Legally it is not prohibited And the law does not say where they have to put those bears, or any animal. Not all zoos have places to have them behind the scenesand if an animal is not sick and the law does not prohibit it, there is no reason to do it. Profepa believes that for a zoo it is an award that sends you animals, but for us it is a great responsibility and It is a great expense that animals leave us in custody”, Said Ernesto Zazueta, president of the Azcarm.
On Monday, May 5, Profepa announced the rescue and immediately, the Pachuca Invictus Foundation, expressed its intention to welcome the Oseznosso he presented his record as a property or installation that manages wildlife (PIMVS), together With a management plan for the future liberation of bears in its natural habitat, which was approved by Profepa the next day.
“We will be 24 hours before the transfer of animals here, to meet the oseznos, to see them well hydrated so that they move in specific containers for that can fly guaranteeing of course your well -being during this trip”, Added Erika Ortigoza.
This Thursday, May 8, MILLENNIUM He attest that Inspectors of the Profepa brought the ossezzos of the Chihuahua Zoo in a small cage, to transfer them to another Pimvs in Ciudad Juárez and thus start to keep quarantine To receive the necessary care Without being under the pressure of the exhibition, while the day of the flight arrives so that they are taken to Invictus.
“That the Profepa, the current attorney Mariana Boy is very clear: You are not doing us a favor by leaving us the animals in custodywe are doing it for you because we are paying, but go ahead, that all the animals are carried in zoos and that they maintain them, ”said the president of the Azcarm.
Profepa told this media that, now, The Invictus Foundation will be responsible for the transfer of animals and you must report monthly your status, advances and progress in your care, until its eventual liberation in nature; which will be evaluated in six months by the Foundation.
“What we do not want is to get used to the aroma and the human presence, then We will do everything corresponding to be a safe stay A stay in the suggested time and that these animals are being released in their habitat once the valuations exist, and that it is in coordination with the teacher and, of course, with the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas, ”explained Érika Ortigoza.
The Invictus Foundation team It will fly with the dares towards the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), and will be transferred in an ambulance of the same center to the Hospital of the Foundation to Pachuca, Hidalgo.
“They will be allowed to rest and It is expected that at 24-48 hours they are already in their enclosure They will have for the first 60 days. That is the plan, and then they will have some biosimulator tasks, which will give us guarantee of non -lost biological skills in interactions with the human not attended, that will give us the pattern of in about six months approximately, to begin the evaluations for their liberation in free life, ”added Ortigoza.
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