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| Rosas-Rosas, O.C.; Valdez, R. | |
| The Role of Landowners in Jaguar Conservation in Sonora, Mexico | |
| 2010 Conservation Biology (24): 366-371 | |
The northernmost known breeding population of jaguars occurs in the municipality of Nacori Chico, Sonora, Mexico about 270 km from the United States-Mexico border and may be the source from which jaguars sighted in the United States dispersed. Since 1999 at least 11 jaguars (_Panthera onca_) had been illegally killed in the area due to predator control programs. We initiated a jaguar landowner-based conservation plan in 2004. The eight participating landowners agreed to suspend predator control programs targeting jaguars and pumas (_Puma concolor_) only if cattle losses were compensated. A private outfitter, with the consent of landowners, initiated white-tailed deer (_Odocoileus virginianus_) hunts in 2004 and agreed to pay the group of participating landowners US$1500 for every deer hunt permit sold. The funds paid to the landowners from deer hunts were sufficient to convince landowners to suspend all predator-control efforts of jaguars and pumas. The involvement of landowners in the jaguar conservation program in northeastern Sonora is a successful, private, wildlife-conservation initiative that provides an example for jaguar conservation efforts in northern Mexico. |
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