jaguar

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A notorious exotic animal dealer who sold a jaguar cub in Riverside was sentenced to six months’ probation Monday, federal prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025

Rico, who lives with Tina, a female two-toed sloth, in the zoo's jaguar house, has been regularly monitored since the surgery.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

There’s no fishing, but wildlife sightings are common, including a very large cat — a black jaguar? — at water’s edge in early October.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

Lundberg and his diver companion had found fossils in the same place before, including mammoth teeth, bones of an ancient jaguar and parts of a dire wolf.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

I rose and approached the Sacred Rock carefully, as I would a baby jaguar with whom I wished to play.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis