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The Hacienda Zuleta Welcomes a New Guest

Our friend Fernando from the Zuleta Lodge sent us this email with some exciting news!

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I’ve been around Zuleta since I was a little boy, when my Grandfather Galo Plaza was living here.  My entire life I’ve heard rumors that we have Puma roaming around the Andean Páramo (higher elevations, above the primary forest), but never, in all my time living at Zuleta, had I seen one myself or had it verified 100%.

Back in 2012, we had a number of Alpaca on our farm killed, and the old Alpaca keeper–who I remember as an old man, back when I was 7!!–told me without hesitation that it was Puma that did it.  I remember the hairs standing up on the back of my neck when he told me this, but why had I never seen one…?

In October 2013, our good friend and resident biologist here at Zuleta Yann Potaufeu, who oversees our Condor Project (and is a great dancer by the way…), discovered a killed Andean Porcupine on the Bear Trail, which comes out of the primary forest right near the condor enclosure.  We were wondering what would have done this. Around the same time, another employee claimed to have a close encounter with a Puma near the water source right on the edge of the primary forest! (But this guy can tell some tall tales…)

In November, Yann had the bright idea to install two game cameras along the main trails in this area to see what we could find.  Through December we got a lot of cute pictures of foxes, skunks, pudu and birds of all variety.

Then, at 9:00 p.m. on January 11th, the hair on the back of my neck stood up again… and hasn’t come down since!! 

Puma

Puma

Enjoy the pictures below!
 

Fernando Polanco Plaza

General Manager
www.haciendazuleta.com

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