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Mongabay (mongabay@mastodon.green)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2024 01:44:14 JST Mongabay

Since 2013, a joint project between Costa Rican conservation authorities and wildcat NGO Panthera has worked to tackle the problem of jaguars and pumas preying on ranchers’ livestock.
Over the years, it has introduced measures such as the installation of electric fences and the use of predator deterrence devices that have brought down predation numbers and also improved ranches’ productivity.
By Darío Chinchilla
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/for-ranchers-in-costa-rica-jaguars-and-pumas-become-unexpected-allies/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife
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1. For ranchers in Costa Rica, jaguars and pumas become unexpected allies
  
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  In February this year, a jaguar walked onto Wagner Durán’s family ranch, located near Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica, and, in an unusual event, killed a calf. This area has the highest density of jaguars in Costa Rica, so it wasn’t unusual for that reason. What made it stand out was that it was […]

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