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Atrribution: Rare ocelot
"Some ocelots are known to be kept as pets, and occasionally, individual animals escape or are released into the wild.
Yep."
Definitely possible, when I was a budding teenager saw Salvador Dali bring one into the Jockey Club in Paris. But...there have been others spotted in Southern AZ throughout it's history and more so recently. They are naturally occurring in Northern Mexico and South Texas. Research in AZ is limited to non-existent for the ocelot but they are considered regular to semi-regular visitors, like the Jaguar, in the Southern Mtns.
My educated guess is the drug war in Mexico is pushing more of them north.
ps. Also, most of the ones kept as pets are declawed, this one was not.
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Last edited by badshot; 02-10-2011 at 04:15.
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Rare ocelot observed in southern Arizona
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