Efforts begin to bear fruit: after 4 years of hard work in the complaint and judicial monitoring of cases by hunting and selling products of Jaguar in Argentina we reached an exemplary punishment.

We were warned in 2007 through the Network and then we contact the National Wildlife Management Direction, which reported excellent coordination with the Misiones Ministry of Ecology, where operating in a fast got to hijack the leather. Finally, on Friday, March 12, a sanction of $16,000 argentine pesos (about U$S 4,100).

We congratulate all of them for the excellent work and speed, this shows that it is possible to reach high-value targets to save our jaguars. We are especially pleased by the rangers, wardens and control agents, who daily risked in their work against the Jaguar offense concerning. Thank you very much everyone, we encourage them to continue working as hard as they are doing.

Ecology confiscated a Jaguar skin offered for sale in the internet

May 21, 2007

The skin, with the tail detached, offered for sale on the internet.

Warden of the Ministry of Ecology and personal of Misiones Provincial Police seized a Jaguar skin that was offered for sale on internet from the town of Eldorado.

The procedure was carried out in a home in this city with a search warrant issued by the Magistrate's Court in Eldorado implementing the Conservation of Wildlife Law and the Act 2589 wich declaring the Jaguar Provincial Natural Monument.

The latter Act provides for fines of up to 100 salaries in category 1 of the Provincial Administration in accordance with existing legislation and / or imprisonment with the scope set forth in Articles 24 º, 25 º, 26 º and 27 º of Law N º 22,421, Chapter VIII, "Of the crimes and their penalties.

"We expect an exemplary punishment. Recent studies shows that there would be no more than 50 jaguars in the wild in the province of Misiones and can not be allowed to continue killing more jaguars. We commend the Ministry of Ecology for the work being done to conserve our last jaguars that remain in this region and especially for this powerful action. One of the main causes of extinction in our country is direct hunting, now justice must be to rise to the occasion, as it did in the case Steyer." said Nicolás Lodeiro Ocampo, President of the Red Yaguareté.