Pampa Jaguars

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PAMPA

"The Pampas are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than 1,200,000 square kilometres and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fé, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul".

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PAMPA'S BIOME:

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1952, Possibly The Last Jaguar found in Pampa: 
Male jaguar skin and skull in São Lourenço (Southern Brazil)
Said to be a adult male, the jaguar killed some "pigs" of a property and because of that he was shot. Even after being shot he was still able to walk for around 1 kilometer and died with a dog on its mouth. According to the hunters, it was an male weighing impressive: 86 kg
After this slaughter, the presence of jaguars was never reported in the Pampa gaúcho.

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Pictures by: Fábio Mazim

The jaguar is considered extinct in the Pampa Biome, mainly due to habitat loss and illegal hunting. 

It is a traditional livestock region, so the jaguar has become a persecuted species, due to the risk it poses to domestic herds.

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A testimony of the last pampas jaguars

“...many people don't know that there were jaguars in their province. That is to say, it disappeared from memory, it disappeared from the imaginary and that is the most ruthless extinction: oblivion”.

- Claudio Bertonatti (Azara Foundation)

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"During the year 1900, in the then called San Basilio ranch, close to the towns of Rancul and Chamaicó, the hunting of an adult female jaguar was documented. It is also known that the female had two cubs, one of which was raised by the ranch's butler until in 1903 when they decided to kill him because of his danger. The unfortunate event was recorded by means of this photograph (courtesy of Raul Carman) and shows the butler of the estancia with family and friends together with one of the last pampas jaguars..."

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