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| Crawshaw Jr., P.G. | |
| A preliminary Jaguar survey at Hato Las Nieves, Edo. Bolivar, Venezuela | |
| 1989 Full Book | |
Six days (August 15-20, 1989) were spent at the Hato Las Nieves, Edo. Bolivar, Venezuela, to search for evidence of Jaguars (_Panthera onca_) and to investigate the feasibility of a radio-telemetry study on that species in the area. In the course of 9 excursions to different sections of the ranch, made on 4-wheel drive vehicles, horses, and boats, for a total of roughly 28 hours in the field, only 2 sets of tracks and 1 kill attributed to jaguars were found. An additional 5 kills (all of livestock) made in previous months, were also shown to me. It was my impression that, on the basis of the limited evidence, a period (roughly 1 year) of simple but systematic data collection would be advisable to insure the presence of an adequate resident population, before launching into a full-fledged radio-telemetry study. A system of data cards, including predation data and track counts, measurement, and mapping, was suggested to allow the ranch manager, who works in the area fulltime, to record pertinent data in a consistent manner. Once and if a sufficient number of animals has been detected in the area, the interested parties can then proceed into a more specific and detailed study of jaguar ecology. |
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