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Eight-year-old girl remains in intensive care after jaguar attack in Pará
An eight-year-old girl was seriously injured in a jaguar attack in the Munduruku Indigenous Territory in Pará, Brazil.
The attack happened on Saturday near the villages of Cajual and Patati, in the municipality of Jacareacanga.
She was with her grandparents and had walked toward a stream when the animal attacked her, according to local residents.
She remains in intensive care at a hospital in Itaituba, with her most serious injuries to her head.
Indigenous health teams took her by boat and then by plane to reach hospital care.
A biologist said she had survived and was showing signs of responding to treatment, but there is no official detail on her prognosis or possible lasting effects.
Community accounts say the jaguar was captured and killed after the attack.
An eight-year-old girl remains in intensive care after a jaguar attack in the Munduruku Indigenous Territory in Pará.
The attack occurred on Saturday, October 17, near the villages of Cajual and Patati in Jacareacanga.
She suffered serious injuries, mainly to her head, and is being treated at Tapajós Regional Hospital in Itaituba.
Rescuers took her by boat to a support point and then by plane to hospital.
The jaguar was captured and killed by Indigenous people, according to community accounts.
- Who
- An eight-year-old girl was attacked.
- What
- A jaguar attacked her, leaving her with serious injuries. She remains in intensive care.
- When
- Saturday, October 17; the year is not stated in the article text.
- Where
- Near the villages of Cajual and Patati, in the Munduruku Indigenous Territory in Jacareacanga, Pará.
- Why
- Not stated.
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The girl was attacked near the villages of Cajual and Patati.
Indigenous health district teams took her by boat to a support point, then transported her by plane for hospital care.
Nativa News reported that she remained in intensive care at Tapajós Regional Hospital.
- Age
- 8 years
- Location
- Munduruku Indigenous Territory, Jacareacanga, Pará
- Hospital
- Tapajós Regional Hospital, Itaituba
- Condition
- Serious injuries, mainly to the head; remains in intensive care
- Rescue
- Transported by boat and plane