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Sao Paulo's Pumas Under Attack As 'Stone Jungle' Threatens Rainforest

Jaguars are more commonplace in the Amazon or the Pantanal wetlands, but many are brought to Sao Paolo state by wildlife traffickers (Credit: AFP)

Apartment blocks and shopping centers sprout like mushrooms around a wild cat sanctuary that shelters pumas recovering from injuries suffered at the hands of mankind in Brazil's Sao Paolo state.

The Mata Ciliar refuge stretches over the equivalent of 40 football fields just 90 kilometers (56 miles) from the state capital Sao Paulo -- Latin America's biggest metropolis.

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