Conservation group: Bolivia fires ravaged big cat habitat

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A conservation group says one of Latin America’s key habitats for jaguars suffered extensive devastation during fires in Bolivia.
The South America director for the New York-based Panthera group said Wednesday that a “focal point” of burning has been around San Ignacio de Velasco, where a number of wild cat species live.
Esteban Payán says any jaguars, pumas and other wild cats that survived would be struggling because deer and other prey died