Claim: A picture shows an animal that threw itself into the water to escape the Amazon fires being rescued by a Brazilian soldier.
Fact-check: This picture of a man swimming with a jaguar isn't from the 2019 Amazon fires - Full Fact
Verdict: the picture was taken in 2016 and is of a jaguar which is one of the brazilian army's mascots. the image most likely shows the jaguar playing in the water with a soldier.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2019-08-27T00:00:00