A jaguar resting on a river bank in Encontro das Aguas State Park, a wildlife sanctuary that has suffered extensive wildfires, in Brazil. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
TWO jaguar cubs, their small bodies reduced to charcoal, perished in the inferno. Tapirs, their paws raw and bloodied, were scalded by smouldering cinders. Nests of unhatched eggs from rare parrots were consumed by flames towering over the forest canopy.
Wildfires are ravaging Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland and a globally significant biodiversity sanctuary.
