{"id":11773,"date":"2020-08-31T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?p=11773"},"modified":"2021-04-20T10:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:35:30","slug":"detection-dogs-help-fight-jaguar-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/news\/detection-dogs-help-fight-jaguar-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Detection dogs help fight jaguar trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jaguars are increasingly being poached in countries like Bolivia, Suriname and Guyana, and their parts are often smuggled to Asia. By seizing these products and tracing their origin, we aim to expose criminal networks and combat wildlife crime. With their amazing sense of smell, detection dogs play a vital role in detecting jaguar and other wildlife products at key transit points such as airports.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Jaguars are poached primarily for their fangs, which are processed into medicine or jewellery. Other jaguar body parts such as paws, skulls and bones are processed into amulets, medicinal paste or even wine. ‘The demand for jaguar parts mainly comes from Asia’, says Liliana Jauregui of IUCN NL. ‘The products are smuggled across the border using postal services or by hiding them in suitcases of people travelling by plane.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Detecting wildlife products<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This is where detection dogs come into play. Wesley Visscher, owner of Scent Imprint Conservation Dogs, a training centre for detection dogs, states: ‘With their amazing sense of smell, the dogs we train can detect even the smallest amount of wildlife products. The dogs can be trained to detect as much as 10 different scents.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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