New ideas to protect the Panthera Onca:

There are several ways to prevent the hunt of the Jaguar. This prevention can be achieved in a way in which the Jaguars and the People involved can be benefited. One of the most important reasons why the Jaguar gets hunted is because it is an excellent hunter and predator, therefore people who work in animal husbandry must kill them in order to prevent the dead of their cattle. A solution for this case is to move the farms away from the habitat of the Jaguar, as a result of this movement, the people that work in animal husbandry will not be forced to kill Jaguars with the goal of protecting their livestock. In addition, Panthera and the Wild Conservation Society are developing a project of enclose the livestock using plant barriers to protect them from the Jaguars.

Another important cause of Jaguar hunting is the trade of the precious skin. Nonetheless, thanks to several legislations that protect the Jaguar, poaching of the species is forbidden nowadays and it is not a major threat for the survival of the species. The contemplation of focusing the species in natural parks would bring benefits both to the Jaguar and the cattle ranchers because the Jaguars would be protected by the legislation of National Parks and the ranchers would not have to worry about the loos of their livestock due to Jaguars.

A portrait of a Black Panther captured by Bruce McAdam in Hungary.