The jaguar with his legs burned from the fires in the Pantanl is now better thanks to a treatment with stem cells.
It has been burning for months, claiming victims among dozens of protected and endangered species: in Brazil not only the Amazon is on fire, but also the Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world, a Unesco heritage site. And from here, the image of a jaguar with bandaged paws it was one of those that most shocked everyone in this tragic moment. But now she is doing better thanks to a stem cell treatment.
Rescued by the Navy last August 17 with the support of the NGO Ampara Silvestre, the jaguar was in really critical condition, with all four legs practically burned. She was immediately subjected to intensive treatment.
Bolsonaro laughs at the fires in Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world that has been burning for months
Since his rescue, that injured jaguar has become a symbol of a veritable environmental disaster. Associations and activists have mobilized for him and one of them, the artist Mundano, has redesigned the banknote of the 50 Brazilian Real (which shows the figure of a jaguar), bringing back the image of the poor animal with bandaged paws.
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According to Thiago Luczinski, a specialist veterinarian monitoring the case at the Institute for the Conservation and Defense of Brazilian Wildlife in Extinction Process (Nex) Felidae, the jaguar is much more active before.
They were transplanted onto him stamina cells to allow the skin to reform quickly and the good news is that it has now resumed walking and eating.
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"Part of the wounds that were exposed have already closed, such as the tendon and part of the bone", assures the vet, according to which stem cells help in the wound healing process, allowing the jaguar to quickly return to its habitat. . However, there are still no predictions for its full release.
Bolsonaro laughs at the fires in Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world that has been burning for months
Fonte: NEX No Extinction
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