BBC Wildlife - UK 2020-07)

BELOWDespitetheirplummetingnumbers,

jaguarsarestillbeinghunted– fortheir

skin,teethandbonesandastrophies

• insomepartsofMexico.Eightpelts
  werefoundinthishouse,a reflectionof
  theongoinginternationaldemand.The
  tradeinjaguarbodypartshasbeenillegal
  inMexicosince1972,butthelawisnot
  enforcedandblackmarketsarebooming.
  Conservationiststhustrytofocuson
  educationandcommunitysupport.

RIGHTJaguarsarenot

naturallivestockpredators,

butwilltakecowswhen

theyfacea fooddeficit

duetotheillegalhunting

oftheirprey.Temptationis

alsoputintheirpathwhen

ranchersbringlivestockinto

jaguarterritory,andleaveit

unguarded.Anyjaguarthat

takesa cowiseectively

sentencingitselftodeath.

PHOTO STORY JAGUARS

70 BBC Wildlife July 2020