Suspected poachers caused outrage after photographs emerged of them posing with the carcass of a jaguar they had apparently killed minutes earlier. The incident took place in Jujuy Province, north-western Argentina, earlier this month (September). Ironically, the big cat had fled wildfires to find safety, only to apparently run into…
A 10-year-old boy died in agony when he was torn apart in an attack by a wild jaguar in the Brazilian Amazon. The attack was reportedly so savage that the lad's face was ripped off by the big cat's claws and teeth. Police in Para state, northern Brazil, are now…
A tiny jaguar cub sealed in a box by suspected wildlife traffickers has been rescued by airport staff. The cute male cub - just three months old - emerged blinking from the dark, cramped wooden box at a Mexican airport after customs officials cracked it open. Police seized a jaguar…
The female jaguar that suffered burnt paws during the 2020 Pantanal wildfires in Brazil has given birth to a healthy cub at the animal sanctuary caring for her. The feline was rescued from a fire in the Brazilian Pantanal on 17th August 2020, but she had suffered severe burns to…
These shocking images reportedly show an endangered jaguar being skinned after it was illegally hunted by poachers in Mexico. The incident took place in the municipality of Palizada in the south-eastern Mexican state of Campeche, and the images caused outrage after they were shared online. The images show an apparently…
This is the moment the police rescue a domesticated jaguar that was saved as a cub during the 2020 Brazil wildfires and has started hunting livestock and grown into a potential threat. The jaguar, named Marrua, lived on a farm in the municipality of Caceres in the Brazilian state of…
This male jaguar has been released in an Argentine province where it has been extinct for 70 years as part of a programme to reintroduce the species into the wild. The male jaguar, named Jatobazinho and aged four years, was found near a rural school in a weak state after…
This is the moment an extremely fortunate jaguar that was on the verge of drowning in the middle of a river is saved by some sailors who tied a rope to a log and threw it to the big cat so they could drag it to the shore. The jaguar…
A man has been left disfigured and blind in one eye after his face was savaged by a jaguar. Farmhand Pedro Vaz Ferreira, aged 67, was attacked by the jaguar in the rural area of Jabotinema in the municipality of Portel on the island of Marajo in the Brazilian state…
Researchers have found a unique group of jaguars deep in the Brazilian wetlands that primarily survive by fishing and lead very social lives, unlike other members of the species. Wikipedia notes that "The jaguar is solitary except for females with cubs" and eats mainly deer and other medium to large…