The jaguar's last stand

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Pantanal, in western Brazil, is the world’s largest tropical wetland, and home to tens of thousands of animal species. But expansion of shipping and development is causing an increase in wildfires, and the loss of unique habitats. The Jaguar is the apex predator in the Pantanal, roaming over vast hunting grounds, but the changing environment means that they are now under threat too. Reporter James Harper travels down the rivers of the Pantanal, talking to activists, conservation experts and local businessmen to explore the debate over the future of the Pantanal and its famous big cats.

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0:00.0	What's the bird? It's the bird. It's the screamer. The screamer. And it's a big bird.
0:08.0	It's the screamer. The screamer.
0:11.0	The screamer, yeah. And it's a big bird, the size of a turkey and it's like the lime of the
0:19.2	pantanari. Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:26.0	I'm James Harper and I'm in a boat slowly drifting down a river in the Pan-Tanao,
0:32.0	the world's largest tropical wetland.
0:35.2	An area bigger than England.
0:38.2	Our eyes are fixed to the shoreline, because in and amongst the green river plants we're hoping to catch a glimpse of the
0:46.2	Pantanal's apex predator.
0:51.3	The jaguer.
0:52.3	The jaguer. Driving the boat is Fernando Totato, an ecologist working with Panthera, a big cat NGO.
1:00.0	And for Fernando, seeing a Jaguar is always a special occasion.
1:04.0	For me, it's one of the most beautiful animals in the world.
1:09.0	And here in the Pantanal, it's a very, very special place because it's possible to see the Jaguar as a
1:16.4	magic place that is unique.
1:24.0	The Monk Perakeet. Sweping into an inlet, our boat sails past a tree arching over the river,
1:30.0	crammed full of birds nests.
1:32.8	Like a condominium of different birds.
1:36.0	In the same apartment block on the same tree.
1:39.0	The Pantanau is in the heart of South America.
1:45.0	It stretches into three countries, but most of it is found here in Brazil.
1:51.0	It's a very special place for South America with large populations of
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