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Caatinga jaguar

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Pró Carnívoros

Back to the series about the projects of the Instituto Pró-Carnívoros today, in episode 6, we will talk about the 'Friends of the Jaguar: Great Predators and Sociobiodiversity in the Caatinga' Program.
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It is in the region of the National Park and in the Environmental Preservation Area of Boqueirão da Onça, in the hinterland of Bahia, that researchers from the Friends of the Jaguar Program dedicate their lives to the conservation of jaguars, pumas and guinea fowls, which remain in the Caatinga biome. The populations of jaguars and guinea fowls are fragmented and in recent years they have been suffering a decline. It is estimated that there are only 30 jaguars and 180 pumas in the Boqueirão da Onça region.
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The jaguars are persecuted and most of the time slaughtered mainly in retaliation for livestock predation. The illegal hunting that had its apex in the 1970's and economic ventures that do not follow environmental legislation are other threats.

Researchers from the Friends of the Jaguar Program carry out pioneering actions to reduce conflicts between people and jaguars in the Caatinga, such as a change in herd management. In recent years, they have built 18 corrals for farmers in the region, reducing livestock losses by up to 23%. The Program researches the perceptions, tolerance and knowledge that the sertanejo has about the jaguars, besides collecting information about the ecology and biology of these big cats and their natural prey.
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The results will subsidize conservation actions of these species and decision making to reduce conflicts, in addition to contributing to improving the quality of life of small rural producers, conservation partners and coexistence with large cats.


caatinga jaguar

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Yesterday ( last night ) on TV here in Brazil there was a program special of Caatinga and obviously there had to be caatinga fauna and here are some caatinga jags footages I captured from the show.

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Around 23 caatinga jags were registered.

There are still conflicts of caatinga jaguars/pumas and humans, the cats still prey on many dogs and domestic pigs, some local people are starting to acknowledge the honor it is to have jaguars in their fauna but hunting is still a major problem. The conservation of the caatinga jaguar is a long process but it is possible. Reply