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Expedition Diary - Jaguar Collaring
In Search of Jaguars: An Amazon Tail
© WWF / Paloma Alcazar
Deep in the heart of the Amazon roam jaguars, pumas and other creatures of the jungle. Rodrigo Donadi of WWF’s AREAS Amazonia project has been tracking them for almost two years. He’s felt the bone-rattling sound of a jaguar’s roar and seen herds of wild pigs stampeding through the lush rain forest. Join him in the Amazon as he comes face to face with the jaguar – king of the jungle.
Part 1: A Dream Come True | Part 2: River Ride | Part 3: Forest Friends | Part 4: Platforms and Peccaries | Part 5: Tigers in the Amazon? | Part 6: A Trapper's Call | Part 7: Success on the First Try! | Part 8: Face to Face with a King | Part 9: Darting Tankar | Part 10: Tracking in the Jungle | Part 11:
Ghost of the Amazon | Part 12: Afterthoughts
Aerial view of the Amazon River in the Loreto region of Peru.
© WWF / Paola Martinez
Working in the Amazon rain forest is every biologist’s childhood dream, so I felt extremely privileged when WWF sent me to Peru in the southwest Amazon to be part of one of its principal scientific studies, the AREAS Amazonia Project. Its aim is to determine the minimum area requirements for the region’s most area sensitive species – greater macaws, white lipped peccaries (a type of wild pig), jaguars and pumas – to provide the scientific background for sound park design and management and ensure viable populations over the long term.
On the flight to the project site I could clearly make out the serpentine Amazon River, the tropical sun skimming over its surface and the lush jungle, stretching out as far as the eye could see. I was excited to set foot in this amazing jungle but there was still one more day of waiting.
Part 1: A Dream Come True | Part 2: River Ride | Part 3: Forest Friends | Part 4: Platforms and Peccaries | Part 5: Tigers in the Amazon? | Part 6: A Trapper's Call | Part 7: Success on the First Try! | Part 8: Face to Face with a King | Part 9: Darting Tankar | Part 10: Tracking in the Jungle | Part 11: Ghost of the Amazon | Part 12: Afterthoughts
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