ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - C - THE JAGUAR (Panthera onca)

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Today, Panthera Colombia had a live conference with the USAID guided by the US ambassador of Colombia regarding the ecology of jaguars, the development of tourism, and the gains done in the Llanos and Pantanal regarding jaguar protection.

Among the speakers, there's Esteban Payan, the president of Panthera Colombia, and Rafael Hoogesteijn.

Some of the findings shared in the live include the first recorded case of infanticide from a female jaguar into another female's cub in the Pantanal:

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They stated how rich the density of jaguars in the protected areas of the Pantanal that sightings such as this one of two females sharing a cattle carcass can be reported:

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The speaker when into detail regarding the similarities between the Llanos and the Pantanal and about how certain private ranches turned into reserves such as la Aurora are trying to replicate the Pantanal model as jaguar tourism has proven to be a multi-million dollar industry in the Pantanal alone.

Francisco Santos, the US ambassador, asked Rafael about the differences or similarities between la Aurora (Llanos) and Pantanal jaguars, and he said:

"It's the same jaguar, there is partially no difference, the Pantanal jaguars from the analyses we have done are slightly larger, slightly heavier, but in the Casanare Llanos (Colombia) and the Llanos of Apure (Venezuela) you will also get some very heavy males, as heavy as the ones on Pantanal", for visual comparison among both types of jaguars, see the post above.

The team covered other topics more in-depth regarding the promotion of jaguar tourism in Colombia and Brazil, they also touched upon the current fires situation in the Pantanal. The 1-hour full video can be seen here in English:

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