Panthera was mentioned in Mongabay about the longest confirmed jaguar swim. Fernando Tortato, a conservation scientist at Panthera weighed in on the study citing how jaguars swimming isn’t unusual but having evidence of a swim this long “is rare.”
Founded in 2006, Panthera is devoted to preserving wild cats and their critical role in the world’s ecosystems. Panthera’s team of leading biologists, law enforcement experts and wild cat advocates develop innovative strategies based on the best available science to protect cheetahs, jaguars, leopards, lions, pumas, snow leopards, tigers and the 33 small cat species and their vast landscapes. In 39 countries around the world, Panthera works with a wide variety of stakeholders to reduce or eliminate the most pressing threats to wild cats—securing their future, and ours.
