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“#Nicaragua operation rescues two endangered jaguar cubs<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n One of two rescued jaguar cub is seen at the National Zoo in Masaya, Nicaragua on January 27, 2021 after its arrival from the country’s Daukura region
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When a post on social media<\/a> exposed animal traffickers who planned to illegally sell two young jaguars abroad, Nicaragua zookeeper Eduardo Sacasa had a narrow chance to save the cubs.<\/p>\n


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The poachers\u2014who had already killed the young cats’ mother\u2014were caught red-handed and agreed to hand the animals over, but under one condition.<\/p>\n

They demanded Sacasa, director of Nicaragua’s National Zoo, meet them in the Daukura region and pick up the cubs without bringing any authorities along. <\/p>\n

So Sacasa flew to the Caribbean city of Bilwi, and then, with the help of four guides, travel<\/a>ed first by car and then up a river by boat to a village to meet the poachers and save the baby jaguars\u2014one of the most endangered species in Nicaragua. <\/p>\n

“It’s our passion to save these little animals that are in danger of extinction, they’re killing them,” he told AFP upon return to the capital city of Managua with the felines, a female and a three-month-old male. <\/p>\n

“They’re thin, they (the poachers) gave them cowhide to eat,” Sacasa lamented. “They were going to sell them to a Chinese citizen after taking them to Honduras.”<\/p>\n

He explained that lately there have been wild animals roaming through human communities after hurricanes Eta and Iota in November destroyed their habitats. <\/p>\n