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| Bertrand, A.S. | |
| The Sad Fate of Jaguars of the Iguacu National Park: Evidence of Money-Making Leading to a Drastic Decline | |
| 2009 Feline Conservation Federation (53): 34-35 | |
We have just completed one year of track surveys which represented 100 miles of dirt roads and trails in the Igua‡u National Park (INP). While we found 87 records of pumas (most of which were scrapes on the ground), we only found two jaguar records, and there were infrared photographs that one of our camera traps got in a remote part of the park. As if these data were not meaningful enough, jaguars are not helped. The situation becomes clearer every year. There are less and less jaguars in the park. Consistently over time, we observe a lack of jaguar tracks and presence signs, fewer and fewer sighting reports, less and less livestock depredation (if any today). |
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