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Jaguar 'too fat to mate' to be sent back | Jaguar 'too fat to mate' to be sent back |
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A jaguar on a breeding loan to Delhi zoo in India is being sent back as he is too fat to mate, keepers say. | A jaguar on a breeding loan to Delhi zoo in India is being sent back as he is too fat to mate, keepers say. |
Twelve-year-old Salman was borrowed from a zoo in Kerala a year ago, but has shown little interest in their female jaguar, Kalpana, the Indian Express reports. | Twelve-year-old Salman was borrowed from a zoo in Kerala a year ago, but has shown little interest in their female jaguar, Kalpana, the Indian Express reports. |
Keepers say he reaches out for his meals "more keenly than for Kalpana". | Keepers say he reaches out for his meals "more keenly than for Kalpana". |
"The female is seen trying to entice him but he lies in a corner and refuses to respond," Riaz Khan told the paper. | "The female is seen trying to entice him but he lies in a corner and refuses to respond," Riaz Khan told the paper. |
The Delhi zoo says it feeds its jaguars 6kg of buffalo meat a day in the summer, six days a week. | |
Salman eats more than a tiger, keepers claimed, and efforts to reduce his weight with a strict diet were unsuccessful. | Salman eats more than a tiger, keepers claimed, and efforts to reduce his weight with a strict diet were unsuccessful. |
"He is lazy, a glutton, just loves to eat and relax," they said. | "He is lazy, a glutton, just loves to eat and relax," they said. |
Releasing him into the larger enclosure did not prompt him to take exercise or trigger an interest in mating. | Releasing him into the larger enclosure did not prompt him to take exercise or trigger an interest in mating. |
However, the portly big cat's supporters at the zoo point out that Delhi's two male jaguars have also failed to provide Kalpana with offspring - and say that it may be the trauma of the relocation that caused his lethargy. | However, the portly big cat's supporters at the zoo point out that Delhi's two male jaguars have also failed to provide Kalpana with offspring - and say that it may be the trauma of the relocation that caused his lethargy. |
Salman is not the only big cat in an Indian zoo whose lack of mating interest has drawn criticism. | Salman is not the only big cat in an Indian zoo whose lack of mating interest has drawn criticism. |
Earlier this year experts at Alipore zoo in Kolkata said Vishal, a white tiger, had spurned the advances of a tigress - despite being de-wormed and given libido-enhancing vitamins. | Earlier this year experts at Alipore zoo in Kolkata said Vishal, a white tiger, had spurned the advances of a tigress - despite being de-wormed and given libido-enhancing vitamins. |
Jaguars are native to the Americas and are listed as "near threatened" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list. | Jaguars are native to the Americas and are listed as "near threatened" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list. |
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