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Warning About Illegal Jaguar Hunts Marketed To Hunters

(posted December 10, 2010)

The Hunting Report has learned that some jaguar hunts in Peru are being marketed to international hunters. Be warned that these hunts are highly illegal, no matter what documentation the operator may produce.

We have that warning directly from Jorge Ugaz Gomez, general director of forests and wildlife in Peru. According to Gomez, jaguar continues to be completely protected in Peru and is not considered a game species. "This means that neither sport hunting of jaguar nor the exports of its hunting trophies are legal at this time. Export permits for jaguar or any other specimens under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora will not be issued under any circumstances," writes Gomez in a letter. He goes on to warn that any hunting or exportation of jaguar trophies will be prosecuted by the Peruvian government.

The jaguar is not only protected in Peru but throughout its range in the Americas. Do not be fooled by talk of regional government authority to hunt these animals. Hunting a jaguar can land you in big trouble, and any US citizen caught trying to import one into the United States will face a Lacey Act violation. A word to the wise should be sufficient.

Thanks for the heads up....

Thanks Kathi. Recently a group of well known Argentine hunters was caught in a rip off in Brazil. The jaguar, that marvelous beast, is fully protected in most countries of South America, albeit its status as an endangered species is yet to be fully explained.

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Originally posted by nainital:
Thanks Kathi. Recently a group of well known Argentine hunters was caught in a rip off in Brazil. The jaguar, that marvelous beast, is fully protected in most countries of South America, albeit its status as an endangered species is yet to be fully explained.

Yeop.... this group of well known hunters were recently released after almost five months in a brazilian prison ... no doubt these hunters did one of the silliest things I ever heard of, perhaps encouraged by an impunity that guided their acts (being this impunity either real or promised ) that´s the only explanation I can think of to understand such ingenuity they had... but the truth is that the punishment they were given was totally beyond any consideration and proportion to the crime they did (attempt hunting a protected animal) as well as been foisted unlawful possession of weapons , weapons which were actually provided by the ranch where they were captured (provided to any hunter going to that ranch with hunting purposes well before this unfortunate and naive hunters even appeared there)

Nowadays no one can claim ignorance of the status of the game that is intended to hunt - and with that fact, if the risk is taken we must get our needness of adrenaline away from our ability to reason....

The lesson they gave us is that one must be very careful with this type of proposal, as it is very likely that the unwary might surely end up being prosecuted for half a dozen of supposed crimes - many of which might have well occured years before his mere presence in that country ....

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Originally posted by nainital:
Thanks Kathi. Recently a group of well known Argentine hunters was caught in a rip off in Brazil. The jaguar, that marvelous beast, is fully protected in most countries of South America, albeit its status as an endangered species is yet to be fully explained.

Nanital:

Is there any country where a jaguar is not fully protected?

Bill Quimby

Bill Quimby: as far as I know, in Bolivia there are certain areas where the landowners are allowed to kill jaguars under a sort of PAC system. I don´t know if there are outfitters (illegally I must add). Also, perhaps in Central America, i.e. Belize or other country, there is still some jaguar hunting. Anyway, nothing is known for certain about numbers and huntable populations.

Thanks, Nanital:

For an American, my question actually was meaningless. Our government would not allow us to import even a whisker from a jaguar, even if it were to be taken legally under the laws of another country.

Would an Argentinian be allowed to import trophies from those areas in Belize or Brazil if those countries allowed jaguar hunting for problem animals?

Bill Quimby

Is there a definitive source for info? Even here it looks like there's some disagreement.


Collins

Bill Quimby: under our present government, I don´t think that such importation could be legally done..alas, we have a long border