Man pulls live jaguar by its tail in the middle of a highway in the interior of SP The puma that was caught being pulled by its tail in the middle of a highway in Piracicaba (SP), on Tuesday morning (7), did not react to the approach because it was weakened, said biologist Ana Carla Medeiros, from Esalq/USP. In the images received by EPTV, a TV Globo affiliate, it is possible to see that a man pulled the animal to leave it in the median of Rodovia Cornélio Pires (SP-127) - watch above. The witness who recorded the video stated that the jaguar was hit by a car, which stopped to provide assistance. "From the videos I saw, she is disoriented, she is panting [...] If she hadn't had it so bad, she would have tried to get out of that situation on her own. They [animals] don't like being like that. And if she hadn't had some kind of trauma, he [man] could have gotten a good bite", the biologist tells EPTV. Search for the jaguar Environmental Military Police teams, veterinarians from a college and biologists mobilized a task force to try to find the feline during Tuesday afternoon, but it had not been located until the last update of this report. The PM reported that an area of ??approximately 1 km² was delimited for searches, with sweeps on foot in the riparian forest and surrounding sugar cane plantations. Tracking techniques were used using footprints and signs of fauna. The PM also stated that residents of the region were advised to immediately contact environmental agencies if they see the puma. Image shows a puma on the Cornélio Pires Highway (SP-127), in Piracicaba (SP) Reproduction/social media Run-over The man who recorded the video of the jaguar, and who identified himself only as Matheus, stated that he was on his way to work when he noticed the run-over. "I was on my way to work, as usual, I live in Rio das Pedras and work in Piracicaba. So, I was on the highway and I noticed something unusual, I thought it was strange on the road, on my left side, something that until now I hadn't identified what it was. But soon the car in front of me, which was the one that hit the animal, stopped. I stopped immediately and looking once again, I saw the feline, a large, adult jaguar", he states. According to the witness, the animal appeared to be scared by the situation and demonstrated difficulty in moving around. "So, with the impact of the accident, the jaguar, apparently, was very scared by what happened. Very weakened by the situation, showing a little difficulty there, of pain. But then the vehicles stopped and blocked traffic there. Until the driver of the truck, the other, managed to remove her to the construction site. But then she got up", he says. VIDEOS: Everything about Piracicaba and the region See more news about the region on g1 Piracicaba