Is the GO jaguar actually connected to the story?

So after my last post I was berated for not exploring and completing the story before I did the jag grind. I’ve just completed the mission “The end is just the beginning” mission >!and at the end of the mission it says that a great one tiger has been spotted. The next mission asks you to cull three coati’s to stop the jag from getting close!<…

It might explain why so many GO’s have been spotted and harvested on this map over the last couple of days.

Note, covered if nobody wants spoilers.