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"Jaguar rescued from the fire

We knew it would be long before this would happen and that is was one of the resident female (F-4) of the @jaguarecologicalreserve.

Two days ago there was a jaguar reported inside our neighbor (cousin of Eduardo) Tito’s tractor shed. This house hasn’t been inhabited in a few years but it was concerning for all on why she was there. As the fire were moving thought that area it made since she was only looking for refuge since her entire home was been burnt to the ground.

Yesterday morning she showed up again but this time inside Sr. Tutu’s (Eduardo’s uncles) generator shed. This was even more concerning because people were staying in that house, firefighters and other volunteers.

After receiving some photos we were able to ID her. And she’s one of the jaguars we been getting in our camera traps at the reserve for the past 3 years.

Turns out her paws were badly burned. And specialist we called in to come rescue her. They ended up bringing her to Cuiaba to get treated at HOVET.

We were told by the vet team that she is in very poor condition and her burns are serious. With severe burns on the pads of the paws it will take some time before she will be ready to go back to the wild.

Other information we retained is that she is not pregnant or nursing, she is roughly 4 years old and weights 60kg/132lb.

This jaguar is a resident of the Falcão Family land you can see Eduardo and his grandson there during the rescue. This is the fifth generation of “Pantaneiro” (people living in the pantanal). It’s very sweet to have been told they want to see this jaguar back in their land again. “The jaguar came to us asking for help, it had no where else to go”. These are people who have lost many dogs and cows to jaguars but can still see the ecological importance of this species. 5 generations later and they now work with jaguar ecotourism. Which has show them that a live jaguar is worth much more then a dead one.

Please help our efforts in raising funds to help the Pantanal, it’s people and the animals that call it home."

Poor thing was so scared. I'm hoping these fires don't cause irreversible damage in the Pantanal, the situation does appear really bad but if anyone is interested, you can donate through the link posted on their bio for relief. Reply