“Hunter Temistocles Barbosa Freire was the longest-serving
member of a gang of seven poachers who have been busted by cops in Brazil. Disturbing
pictures show Freire carrying a dead jaguar on his back as a trophy while
hunting dogs surround him.
“Reports state the dentist is
believed to have illegally slaughtered at least 1,000 jaguars since 1987. He
was arrested along with six other poachers by Brazilian police in the
north-western state of Acre. The gang has been accused of killing thousands of
endangered animals including jaguars, capybara, collared peccary and red
brocket deer.
“The other men have been named as
doctor Doria de Lucena Junior, Sinezio Adriano de Oliveira, farmer Gilvan Souza
Nunes and prison officer Gisleno Jose Oliveira de Araujo Sa. Electrician Manoel
Alves de Oliveira, Sebastiao Junior de Oliveira Costa and Reginaldo Ribeiro da
Silva were also arrested.
“Reports state that in the three
months the police monitored the gang they killed eight jaguars, 13 capybaras,
10 collared peccaries and two deer. The gang are said to have used the sound of
the cuica, a high-pitched Brazilian friction drum, to attract the jaguars.
“Reports state the gang could face
prison sentences and fines if found guilty, depending on their exact
participation in the crimes. The jaguar is the largest cat in Latin America.
“They are listed as ‘Near Threatened’
on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. All
international trade in jaguars or their body parts is prohibited. Hunting
jaguars is prohibited in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, the US and Venezuela.”
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