An adult female jaguar named Amanaci receives stem cell treatment on her paws after burn injuries during a fire in Pantanal, at NGO Nex Institute in Corumba de Goias, Goias State, Brazil, September 19, 2020. Picture taken September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
CORUMBÁ DE GOIÁS, Brazil (Reuters) - The caged jaguar, hit by a tranquilizer dart, rises with a pained growl on to her bandaged, burned paws.
The spotted female, named Amanaci, is one of countless victims of the worst wildfires ever recorded in Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetland. A jewel of biodiversity, it is home to the densest population of jaguars anywhere on Earth.
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