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Pró-Carnívoros
Tracking Maned Woves at Serra da Canastra - Cerrado - Brazil
Episode 7 of the Instituto Pró-Carnívoros project series is about the 'Program for the Conservation of the maned wolf - Canastra Wolves'.
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It is in the region of the Serra da Canastra National Park in the interior of Minas Gerais that the Projeto Lobos da Canastra was born in 2004. The region is one of the largest conserved areas of Cerrado in Brazil and there the wolves still find refuge.
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Seeking to know more about the ecology, behavior, health and other aspects of the life history of the maned wolf the Project gathered much of the information collected about the species throughout its distribution area.
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Researchers climbed mountains, descended valleys, followed trails, captured, marked and monitored the wolves, following them along dusty roads or through satellite signals and images of photographic traps. They collected blood and ticks to understand about the health of wolves. They collected feces to know their diet, their stress rates by the hormones extracted from them. They tirelessly put out fires in the Park, rescued animals, returned wolves to their natural habitat, established partnerships with the community, reduced conflicts with rural producers building henhouses and opened themselves to dialogue, improving the perception of the maned wolf. They brought scientific knowledge to properties where no television existed, through film sessions. They even went to classrooms, developed awareness campaigns and contributed to the dissemination of information.
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New findings allowed progress in the conservation of the species and proposed strategies to improve its situation. Today the maned wolves are accompanied at a distance by the information that the team receives from the community's network of friends. And they prepare for the 5th phase of the Project new investigations and actions to maintain the Canastra as the fertile land of the wolves.
Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
