The Pantanal: How wildfire devastated life in the world's largest tropical wetland

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As fires continue to rage in the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, numerous animals including jaguars and otters have been injured. Read Sky's ramsaysky eyewitness report 👉

In the region, the animals have been burned out of their natural habitats and their usual prey have been killed or have disappeared.

As she steps out of the wood we can see she is limping badly, but she has her sights on a family of otters who have just come ashore. The vets say they have been monitoring this jaguar for the last few days and are unconcerned for her.The monitoring will continue but for now they are worried about another jaguar in worse shape.Eduarda Fernandes and her team treat an injured jaguarThey go out every day looking for the animals who are now suffering because of the fires that have spread throughout the wetlands and grasslands of the Pantanal.

He is well over six feet long and powerful - panting but unable to do anything as the vets assess his injuries.Working as a team, they wash the jaguar's injuries, spraying bite marks with a silver sealant spray.Image:A rescue team is attempting to help the region's wildlife This is a good sign - he is able to hunt - and they determine that after medicine and antibiotics he can be left here.The bodies of caiman are seen where they died trying to escape the flames

"It's very bad, it's bad for everything; for tourism, for animals, for fishing, for local people. This destabilises our culture and everything here."

 

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