Central & South America: number of live wild cats seized 2012-2018, by species

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Bruna Alves,
Feb 8, 2023
From January 2012 to March 2018, 36 live ocelots, a wild cat species native to the American continent, were seized in Central and South America. During the same period, 19 live jaguars and 15 pumas were found during seizures by authorities combating wildlife trafficking in the region. Brazil was the country with the most wild cats seizures reported in the period.

Number of live jaguars, pumas, and ocelots seized in Central and South America from January 2012 to March 2018

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June 2020

Region

Central and South America

Survey time period

January 2012 to March 2018

Special properties

Based on data collected from 19 Central and South American countries, excluding the Caribbean islands*

Supplementary notes

* Data collected from news articles, technical reports, and police reports. Further information about the methodology used for data collection can be found in pages 3 & 4 of the study.

The study was carried out by Thais Q. Morcatty, Jonathan C. Bausch Macedo, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Qingyong Ni, Carlos C. Durigan, Magdalena S. Svensson, and Vincent Nijman, hereby refered to as "Various Sources",

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