As new fires rage in the Brazilian Pantanal, Panthera's jaguar scientists have had to take on an urgent new role: firefighters on the frontlines. They're helping to keep the fires from taking the lives of the Pantanal's wildlife, including that of a jaguar named Gloria.

He explains the process of making fire breaks saying, "We prepare the team, a truck with a water pump, fire swatters and backpack water pumps so that, in case the fire jumps that barrier, we can combat it. It’s the only strategy that has managed to resolve the fire, in some situations.”

Panthera Conservation Scientist Fernando Tortato talks to AP about the devastating wildfires impacting the Brazilian Pantanal where 15% of our ranch property has already been consumed.

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