Juma The Jaguar
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Juma The Jaguar
Juma The Jaguar
Juma the Jaguar was a female jaguar residing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Most recently Juma participated as the mascot for the Olympics in Rio 2016.
Death
On June 21, 2016 while Juma was at the olympic torch ceremony in the Amazon city of Manaus, she was chained by the neck and held a few feet away from the lighting of the Olympic torch, which took place at a zoo attached to a military training center of Manaus.
Juma slipped away from her leash as she was being taken back to her cage following the ceremony, she was shot to death by the Brazilian Army. [2]