Recently, a nearly 20-year-old short-tailed cat in the Riverview Zoo in Peterborough, Canada, passed away. On March 11, the zoo published this sad message on its official social media, and because the short-tailed cat was popular and loved by a wide audience, it quickly attracted many netizens to leave a message to say goodbye to it.
This is a female short-tailed cat, but its name is Montana, which is quite male. It came to Peterborough from the Toronto Zoo in the summer of 2004 and has lived at the zoo for nearly 16 years. From its photos, it is not difficult to find that it has the typical physical characteristics of a short-tailed cat, with colorful coats, thick and powerful limbs, and a strange and changeable expression, which at first glance looks very distinct, leaving a maverick impression. It is these characteristics that make it very attractive in the minds of many visitors to this zoo, everyone loves it, and its departure undoubtedly makes many netizens feel lost.
In fact, the short-tailed cat Montana was diagnosed with kidney disease in November 2018, but it was only in the initial stages of the disease at that time, and it was not serious. After the diagnosis, the veterinarians developed a treatment plan specifically for it, and for more than a year, its health has remained stable. However, on the morning of March 6, 2020 local time, the condition of the short-tailed cat Montana suddenly deteriorated, and although the veterinarian responded quickly and took a large number of treatment measures for it, it was still unable to keep its departure. That night, it left the world with a series of complications caused by kidney failure.
Pictured: Montana, a short-tailed cat who likes to drill boxes
Perhaps because of living in zoos for a long time, Montana, a short-tailed cat, is very friendly to humans and seems to have become a feline with a certain "social attribute". It likes to be spoiled, likes to interact with tourists, and often changes its expression to attract attention. What's even more amazing is that it, like many domestic cats, is very fond of drilling boxes. These may be the reasons why it has won the love of many people.
The short-tailed cat Montana is close to 20 years old, which is already considered a high lifespan among cats. Hopefully it will be happy on cat planet.
Pictured: Montana, a short-tailed cat who likes to spoil
The short-tailed cat is the most abundant wild cat in North America, belonging to the cat subfamily Lynx genus, and its appearance is very similar to that of the Canadian lynx, Eurasian lynx and Spanish lynx of the same genus. In terms of appearance, the short-tailed cat is the most docile of the 4 species of lynx, but they are actually the real "cute beast appearance beast heart", known for its ferocity in the wild, amazing combat effectiveness, and has a glorious record of "a cat fighting a group of dogs, killing a big mule deer".
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