A villager in Colombia who thought he had rescued a small kitten from the side of the road was stunned to discover it was actually a baby PUMA.
Elmer Guzmán was riding his motorcycle in Alvarado, a rural town in the center-west province of Tolima, when he found the small animal on the side of a road.
Elmer Guzmán said he was riding his motorcycle when he came upon what he thought was an abandoned cat in Tolima, Colombia
The lost puma is approximately two-months-old, according to veterinarians in Tolima
The puma showed signs of malnutrition because it was fed milk and foods high in salt
After researching online, he learned that in June officials in Tolima had previously located and removed a puma cub that was found on the grounds of Perales Airport in the nearby city of Ibagué.
Guzmán saw how much the cub resembled the physical characteristics of the animal that he had rescued, and immediately contacted wildlife officials.
‘I decided to contact Tolima [officials] so that they could come and take her and reintroduce her again [to the wild],’ he said.
The Cortalima wild life center expects to return the cub back to the wild once its health condition stabilizes
Elber Guzmán said he knew something was amiss when the cub displayed a behavior different from the typical house cat