Skulls, Skeletons, Canines & Claws

[Dark Jaguar]

130kg Pantanal male Jaguar skull ( Sossego male )

Investigation of his death.


https://www.radiocacula.com.br/noticias/...amoso-a-ms

By: Mídia Max

Pic taken during the investigation and examination over the skull of the poached big cat.

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The 72-year-old medical examiner ( coroner ) Badan Palhares, one of the most renowned experts in Brazil was in Campo Grande on Monday (30) at the invitation of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of UFMS (Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul). The objective was to find out the cause of death of a jaguar that was part of the Project Onças do Rio Negro which was killed in the region of Aquidauana in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul.

Palhares made it clear that the idea was not to point out those responsible for the crime but to participate in a college initiative which is to preserve the local fauna.


The work was accompanied by experts from the Institute of Criminalistics who researched the dynamics of the animal's death.

"My presence is more as a collaborator and also to awaken awareness in local authorities of the importance of setting up a sector of expertise for environmental crimes. With this, besides punishing those responsible new cases would be inhibited" said the coroner.

The animal was a male jaguar of approximately five years old. The capture for the implementation of the electronic collar took place in July and for two months there was satellite monitoring and signals in VHF. In September the satellite signals ceased. Two months later a new search was made and through the VHF signal the animal's remains were found in an area of difficult access.

As there were several signs in the skull it was not possible to identify what had really happened and it was then decided to invite the coroner Badan Palhares who promptly accepted.

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Resuts:

In the first examination it was already found that the animal had an old lesion in the region of the nostrils. The fatal shot hit the big cat's face in the region below the eye and did not puncture the cranial box. In the surveys made at the site it was concluded that the 130kg male jaguar was shot in one place then he agonized for some time and looked for another place for refuge, where the carcass was found.

The experts of the Institute of Criminalistics found that the calibre of the gun used was higher than 22 and that there was no fragmentation of the projectile. The examination indicates that the shot was fired frontally and from top to bottom.

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This the 130kg Pantanal male named Sossego who was unfortunately poached in 2015.

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