Unique albino ocelot found in Colombia

Colombia confirmed the first case of an albino ocelot of which there is information, after carrying out genetic tests on a feline with white fur and red eyes that remains under protection in the northwest of the country.

The ocelot was found as a cub, weighing 440 grams, in the rural zone of Amalfi. The Conservation Park in Medellin undertook genetic testing on the animal, concluding it was a leopardus pardalis, a native species of ocelot which is found all across the Americas.

The feline was suffering from multiple ailments and had undergone lots of treatment over the past year. Being blind and incapable of camouflaging the ocelot was unfit to live in its natural habitat.

Park authorities consider the animal to now be a healthy adult weighing 12.8 kilos. The ocelot is on a diet of 700 grams of red meat and chicken, living in an adapted enclosure with small ponds to protect her from drowning.