The Military Environmental Police of Mato Grosso do Sul (PMA), in partnership with the Homem Pantanal Institute (IHP), began to install, on Tuesday (29), equipment to verify the practice of Ceva , illegal hunters and jaguars With possible behavior similar to that devoured homemade Jorge Aválo, this month.
The measure seeks to intensify actions to protect wildlife in the Pantanal, especially in the Taurus Dead, in the rural area of Aquidauana (MS), where the attack occurred on the 21st of this month.
Trap cameras, called photographic traps, are being installed at strategic points to “expand the safety of residents of fishing and tourists, preventing incidents involving wild animals”, according to PMA.
Local residents report that there is more jaguars that can Having the same aggressive and proximity behavior with humans such as the one that devoured Jorge and is now at the Campos Grande (MS) Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (CRAS).
The data obtained will also reinforce environmental inspection activities and the fight against crimes mainly aimed at wildlife such as hunting and bar – the practice of feeding the animal usually so that it gets used to the human presence.
Practice can have negative impacts on animal behavior and ecological balance according to PMA. Both actions are prohibited by Federal Law No. 9,605/1998 (Environmental Crimes Law).
Records should also subsidize scientific studies on behavior, distribution and population of local species.
Police stress that to avoid accidents, it is necessary to maintain distance from wild animals. “They are not pets,” warns the corporation.
This content was originally published in police install cameras to monitor jaguars that can attack humans on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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