The flora and fauna of Argentina They have been serious for a while now. Not only does it represent part of the natural ecosystem of these lands, but they are the living reservoir of a world that needs to conserve species in the midst of climate change. Now, within the framework of the case on the illegal hunting of a copy of Jaguar (Panthera onca) in the province of Formosathe Federal Chamber of Resistance Appeals resolved to partially uphold the appeal filed by the National Parks Administration (APN) and ordered to replace the juroratory bond imposed on the accused by a real bond, the scope of which must be set by the Federal Judge of Formosa.
Said appeal had been presented by the APN and adhered to by Red Jaguar, the Provincial State Prosecutor’s Office and the Public Prosecutor’s Office for considering insufficient the swearing bond set for the case by Federal Court No. 1 of Formosa when there are sufficient elements for the accused to respond as a precautionary measure with his assets. As of this judicial action, the accused of killing an adult jaguar in Formosa must pay patrimonially the crime committed on December 19 and denounced ten days later along with the contribution of a video as evidence.
These types of sentences are exemplary and crucial for stop the hunt of specimens of the species, which generally go unpunished and without consequences for hunters. The hunting of specimens of native fauna, and particularly large and medium-sized mammals threatened with extinction, is Prohibited nationally and provincially.
The APN Conservation team, through the head of the Natural Resources program, María Graziani, made the economic calculation of the environmental damage caused by the loss of this specimen, which was validated by the agency’s NEA regional director, Daniel Crosta. The monetary estimate of said damage, a calculation that involves various aspects and environmental and economic variables, resulted in slightly more than 370 million pesos.
The jaguar is a species protected by national laws 22,421 on Fauna Conservation, which establishes crimes and sorrows for the hunting of specimens of wild fauna, and 25,463, which declares it a Natural Monument, granting it the highest category of protection for a species at the national level and establishing the APN as the enforcement authority in charge of planning and executing measures for its conservation. and the prevention of problems associated with it.
“Therefore, it is the policy of this administration to actively participate in complaints related to the illegal hunting of jaguar individuals,” they said in a statement.
This species native to Argentina has suffered a sustained reduction since the beginning of the 20th century, a situation that has been intensified in recent times by the illegal hunting and the forest reduction throughout its distribution. “Its situation is so serious that the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, the country’s national authority on fauna, in collaboration with Argentine researchers and experts from SAREM, categorized the species as in critical danger of extinction in the territory of the Argentine Republic. In particular, the population of the Chaco region is the most decimated, with illegal hunting being its main cause of decline,” they indicated from National Parks.
And they closed: “The National Parks Administration, the enforcement authority in charge of safeguarding this Natural Monument, has the commitment and determination to reverse the unfavorable situation of jaguar populations in Argentina through active participation in hunting complaints. illegal and in other joint actions with all stakeholders interested in the conservation of the species. Therefore, in this case he appeared as a plaintiff in the framework of the case that investigates the commission of the crime provided for in article 25 of Law 22,421 on Fauna Conservation.
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