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The ayahuasca tourism boom: An undervalued demand driver for jaguar body parts?

Alexander Braczkowski, Andrés Ruzo, Fatima Sanchez, Romi Castagnino, Chip Brown, Sharon Guynup, Steve Winter, Devlin Gandy, Christopher J. O’bryan

Conservation Science and Practice October 11, 2019 DOI: 10.1111/csp2.126 (opens in new tab)

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Topics Ayahuasca
Keywords Jaguar Poaching Threatened species Tourism Latin americans Amazon rainforest
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Key points The text reports that the jaguar is near threatened due to habitat loss, retaliatory killings, and poaching, and cites evidence of a growing trade in jaguar body parts across Latin America. It notes at least 30 seizures of jaguar parts in Brazil over five years and the 2018 apprehension in Bolivia of two Chinese citizens with 185 jaguar teeth and three skins.

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The jaguar Panthera onca is threatened across much of its range, due to habitat loss, retaliatory killings, and poaching. Consequently, it is listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List (Quigley et al. , 2017). There is evidence of a growing trade in jaguar body parts across Latin America, particularly in Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname, Costa Rica, and Peru (Berton, 2018). For example, on February 23, 2018, two Chinese citizens were apprehended in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia for possession of 185 jaguar teeth and three skins (Berton, 2018). Similarly, in Brazil at least 30 seizures of jaguar parts have occurred in the past 5 years (Berton, 2018).

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