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Of the total number of specimens counted, in these spaces, the majority are classified as in danger of extinction
Diego Raya
Mexico City.- During the mandate of Clara Brugada Molina as head of government of the country’s capital, the death of more than 250 has been recorded animals who lived in the zoos of Aragón, Chapultepec and Los Coyotes. Of the total losses of specimens, the majority correspond to deaths of animals considered in danger of extinction.
According to information from the Ministry of the Environment—a department headed by Julia Álvarez Icaza Ramírez—the species Romerolagus diazi, known as teporingo by its common name, is the type of specimen with the most deaths suffered. The teporingos died from causes such as shocks, trauma and infections.
The teporingo rabbit is found in danger of extinction due to human causes, according to information from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The alert period is around 40 years, and is due to the fact that its reproduction is very slow and difficult, in addition to the fact that its natural habitat is harmed by deforestation and the advance of the urban sprawl.
However, other species that inhabited the capital’s zoos had deaths that draw attention. To make matters worse, on July 18, a nyala antelope—of the species Tragelaphus angasii—died from trauma; I was 2 years and three months old. A day later, a specimen that was barely a month old died from the same cause.
Like the previous situation, multiple cases could be detected that presented the same “behavior” or string of dead specimens. The rest of the species that died in that period of time were long-nosed bats, peacocks, turtles, snakes, ducks, wolves, parakeets, axolotls, penguins, jaguars, deer and bears.