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A wounded jaguar struggling to cross Brazil’s Rio Negro was rescued by officials near Manaus after spending hours in the water, authorities said.

The rescue happened on October 1.

The Amazonas State Secretariat for Public Security shared footage of the jaguar clinging to a float as a military police boat towed it through the Rio Negro near Manaus, Brazil.

What they're saying:

"The Amazonas Military Police (PMAM), through the Environmental Battalion, received a report that a jaguar had been trying to cross the river for several hours," the secretariat wrote on Instagram. "Upon arriving at the scene, the team found the animal very weak."

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The military police coordinated with the Animal Protection Secretariat and a feline specialist to carry out the rescue.

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