well we’re on our way to the market
right now looking for a Jaguar so we’ll
see what we find another location well
hopefully what you know what I hope we
don’t find it exactly that’s the
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all these five Jaguars were killed
because they killed cow Jaguars once
ranged from the southwestern US to
Argentina
now their range only covers part of
Mexico Central America and the northern
to central part of South America since
2002 they’ve been considered near
threatened the main threats to Jaguars
are habitat loss and human conflict
which more often than not are
intertwined because Jaguars have less
habitat their chance of encountering
humans or livestock are much higher
farmers will often shoot Jaguars for
eating their cattle families and miners
also kill them preemptively out of fear
even though attacks are rare but a
concerning trend is the increase in the
illegal trade of Jaguar parts such as
teeth skins organs and paws so the thing
that’s spoken to me the most is not only
a cameraman but is a big calf allergist
as how readily you can find Jaguar or
longer parts in places like fork or
penny heaters to me the biggest thing is
if you think about each cat has a
maximum of eight usable teeth it’s the
back molars or the core Nestle’s and
then it’s for canines that you can
actually that are big enough that you
can actually do something and if the
majority of the places we were going and
actually asking people for Jaguar parts
are saying yes and actually showing you
jagged teeth you gotta ask yourself how
big does this how big is this industry
where does it where does it really stem
from where are they getting these
daggers and what does that mean for
populations on the ground the illegal
wildlife trade is a worldwide industry
that is worth anywhere between seven and
twenty three billion dollars in
a Jaguar tooth on the black market will
sell for at least a hundred US dollars
in Bolivia and much more in Asia the
trade is also fuelled by local
superstitions which say the parts are
medicinal magical or lucky experts also
believe that because Tigers are becoming
scarce sir Jaguar parts are being
substituted on the black market in China
the Bolivian Postal Service alone has
seized several hundred Jaguar teeth
being mailed to China in the past few
years Western tourists are also most
likely unaware that they’re breaking the
law when purchasing Jaguar parts the
Jaguar is fully protected both
internationally and nationally across
most of its range and hunting the animal
is prohibited in at least eleven
countries but the bigger problem is
enforcement environmental crimes often
take the backseat to violent crimes and
drug smuggling but no one is really sure
how many Jaguars are live and how many
parts are circulating in the black
market so how can you help be an
informed consumer always ask questions
about what the item is made of and where
it came from but the best solution is to
not buy it at all
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right now looking for a Jaguar so we’ll
see what we find another location well
hopefully what you know what I hope we
don’t find it exactly that’s the
[Music]
[Music]
all these five Jaguars were killed
because they killed cow Jaguars once
ranged from the southwestern US to
Argentina
now their range only covers part of
Mexico Central America and the northern
to central part of South America since
2002 they’ve been considered near
threatened the main threats to Jaguars
are habitat loss and human conflict
which more often than not are
intertwined because Jaguars have less
habitat their chance of encountering
humans or livestock are much higher
farmers will often shoot Jaguars for
eating their cattle families and miners
also kill them preemptively out of fear
even though attacks are rare but a
concerning trend is the increase in the
illegal trade of Jaguar parts such as
teeth skins organs and paws so the thing
that’s spoken to me the most is not only
a cameraman but is a big calf allergist
as how readily you can find Jaguar or
longer parts in places like fork or
penny heaters to me the biggest thing is
if you think about each cat has a
maximum of eight usable teeth it’s the
back molars or the core Nestle’s and
then it’s for canines that you can
actually that are big enough that you
can actually do something and if the
majority of the places we were going and
actually asking people for Jaguar parts
are saying yes and actually showing you
jagged teeth you gotta ask yourself how
big does this how big is this industry
where does it where does it really stem
from where are they getting these
daggers and what does that mean for
populations on the ground the illegal
wildlife trade is a worldwide industry
that is worth anywhere between seven and
twenty three billion dollars in
a Jaguar tooth on the black market will
sell for at least a hundred US dollars
in Bolivia and much more in Asia the
trade is also fuelled by local
superstitions which say the parts are
medicinal magical or lucky experts also
believe that because Tigers are becoming
scarce sir Jaguar parts are being
substituted on the black market in China
the Bolivian Postal Service alone has
seized several hundred Jaguar teeth
being mailed to China in the past few
years Western tourists are also most
likely unaware that they’re breaking the
law when purchasing Jaguar parts the
Jaguar is fully protected both
internationally and nationally across
most of its range and hunting the animal
is prohibited in at least eleven
countries but the bigger problem is
enforcement environmental crimes often
take the backseat to violent crimes and
drug smuggling but no one is really sure
how many Jaguars are live and how many
parts are circulating in the black
market so how can you help be an
informed consumer always ask questions
about what the item is made of and where
it came from but the best solution is to
not buy it at all
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