

Jaguars have been listed in the CITES Appendix I since 1975, leading to a significant decline in the trade in jaguar pelts in European and American markets. However, in recent years, jaguar poaching for their body parts (fangs, skulls, bones, skins, paws, meat) is on the rise, with demand primarily driven by Chinese and potentially Southeast Asian markets. For example, a single raid in Brazil in 2016 found body parts of 19 jaguars in a fridge. Furthermore, in 2019, a group of jaguar poachers were prosecuted in Brazil for killing over 1,000 jaguars over the last 30 years.