Run Run already has a new home and a couple at Granja Porcón de Cajamarca

This Wednesday, the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR), of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, announced that it transferred the Andean fox, known as Run Run, to Granja Porcón, an authorized captive breeding center, located in the district and department of Cajamarca. The place has ample spaces, where the specimen will continue to receive adequate attention.

QUARANTINE PROCESS

Serfor reported that after a quarantine process that was closely monitored by specialists from the Technical Forestry and Wildlife Administration (ATFFS) Lima of SERFOR, the fox is rehabilitated and healthy. Therefore, it was determined that he was fit to know the venue that will host him.

At the beginning of March, Run Run was transferred by air to the city of Cajamarca, and then headed to Granja Porcón, located 45 minutes by car from Cajamarca city.

The Andean fox is located in a spacious environment of 140 square meters, with a roost and a place to protect from the sun. Serfor explained that his new home is located in an area with a typical climate of its natural habitat and has the right conditions for its adaptation process.

RUN RUN WITH PARTNER

In addition, they indicated that Run Run shares its space with a female specimen of the same species that also comes from the illegal wildlife trade.

La Granja Porcón has a pine forest of more than 12,000 hectares, with extensive vegetation and typical landscapes of the Cajamarquina mountains. It is located at an altitude of 3510 meters and is home to various species of wild animals in captivity such as jaguar, vicuña, Andean condor, among others.

Sefor recalled that the Andean fox will not be able to return to its natural habitat, because having been extracted from the wild when it was a young, product of the illegal wildlife trade, its parents did not teach it to hunt, to feed and to defend against predators, so it must remain under human care in a breeding.

While in quarantine, the specialists of the ATFFS Lima of SERFOR provided veterinary care to the fox, with a balanced diet, consisting of 95% meat and 5% fruits and tubers. The latest analyses showed that the fox was healthy and recovered from diseases contracted in its contact with dogs, such as ehrlichia and anaplasma.

Now, the specialists of ATFFS Cajamarca monitor the health status of Run Run every day and permanently coordinate with Granja Porcón the details related to the process of adaptation of the Andean fox in its new home.

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