In the wild, the burns on the jaguar’s paws would have prevented her from using her claws to hunt caimans and capybaras
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After a month of almost daily care, Itapira’s condition has improved.
In the wild, the burns prevented her from using her claws to hunt caimans and capybaras — a large semi-aquatic rodent native to South America.
“If she had not been brought here, if she had remained in the wild, she would probably no longer be alive or would be in a deplorable state,” Luczinski said.
But the caregivers worry about the jaguar’s future.
“This animal is safe today but she is going to return to a region that is still burning,” he said.
Veterinarian Thiago Luczinski (C), his wife Pollyanna Motinha (L) and collagues treat Itapira, a young female jaguar, at the Nex NoExtinction Institute in Corumba de Goias, Brazil
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Another female jaguar who suffered burns in a previous major wave of fires in the Pantanal in 2020 was unable to return home from Brasilia.
Her legs were so badly burned she lost the tendons that move her claws, Silvano Gianni, co-founder of Nex NoExtinction, explained.
She went on to have two cubs in captivity — one of whom will be reintroduced to the wild.
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