Andhra Physician Needs His Pet Jaguar And Panther Rescued From Ukraine

Mr Patil had been working in a now bombed hospital at Svavtove in Severodonetsk.

An orthopaedic physician from Andhra Pradesh, who was primarily based in Ukraine when the battle broke out with Russia, has appealed to the Indian authorities to assist rescue his pet jaguar and panther left behind when he was compelled out of the conflict zone.

Dr Gidikumar Patil, often known as Jaguar Kumar after his uncommon pets, says his topmost precedence is to save lots of the lifetime of his “treasured cats” – Yasha, a male uncommon “lep-jag” hybrid between a leopard and jaguar, and Sabrina, a feminine black panther.

The 42-year-old was compelled to go away them behind with an area farmer when he left Luhansk in jap Ukraine, a hotbed of the battle within the area, in the hunt for alternate sources of earnings.

With the Indian embassy in Kyiv unable to assist, he mentioned his message for the federal government of India could be to assist him by his “conundrum”.

“My humble message is to instantly take into account and quickly act to repair this conundrum with the very best answer, holding in view of the precise present state of affairs of the cats and an emphasis on their rapid security,” Mr Patil informed PTI from his refuge in Warsaw, Poland.

“My feeling staying away from my cats is just too intense; at occasions melancholy, wistful reminiscences of these fond recollections and apprehensions about their well-being and destiny total,” he mentioned.

As a Ukrainian citizen, Mr Patil had been working in a now bombed hospital at Svavtove in Severodonetsk when the Russia-Ukraine battle broke out earlier this yr.

He had acquired his two uncommon pets from a zoo within the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv round two years in the past and has been dedicated to them ever since.

By his YouTube channel with over 62,000 subscribers, Mr Patil has been streaming updates of his curious life with the large cats as pets over the previous few months and says his dream mission is to obtain sufficient funding for a breeding mission to assist defend the endangered species. The truth is, it was these movies that protected him from the Russian onslaught on his method out of Luhansk as they proved his neutrality within the battle.

For the security of his pets, Mr Patil says he’s open to any answer that any pleasant nation is prepared to supply – whether or not it’s nearer to their present dwelling in neighbouring western Ukraine or someplace in Europe or India.

“The principal difficulty is whether or not I can proceed authorised entry to them, which is essential as this really is a severe mission. I am undecided of the wildlife guidelines and legislations in India, whether or not they allow this type of a factor,” mentioned Mr Patil.

“I am fairly hopeful it really works out, however first they need to be moved to relative security by the governments with rapid and efficient motion. Principally, the basic idea of elevating these outstanding cats is to procreate these ‘panther hybrids’ by persistent breeding till they sire the specified hybrid, maybe the primary in its sort, which might then be raised and perpetuated into the wild,” he mentioned.

Given the “imminent hazard” the animals are within the battle zone, the physician says his foremost concern stays the “speedy secure evacuation of my extremely beloved cats”, with the opposite features of his mission to be pursued sooner or later.

As a middle-class man, the animal lover has exhausted most of his financial savings to feed and take care of the large cats. From updates he has from the native farmer now taking care of them in Ukraine, it could appear the bond is mutual as they’re reportedly pining for him too.

Mr Patil is from Tanuku within the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

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