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[ [link removed] ]Close-up of a jaguar laying on a tree branch

John,

The jaguar population is plummeting across the Americas. Half of all of
these majestic cats have been wiped out. Some countries have seen them
disappear entirely.

Much of this heartbreaking decline is thanks to ruthless wildlife
traffickers, who sell jaguar parts for massive profit. 

These jaguar smuggling networks are sophisticated and dangerous enough
that local authorities are powerless to stop them. Which is where a small
organisation called Earth League International (ELI) comes in. 

ELI sends in the best intelligence and law enforcement professionals to
infiltrate smuggling networks and bring them down. It’s dangerous work,
but they’ve already succeeded in stopping a jaguar-fang trafficking
network in Bolivia. 

We can help them scale up to expand this work across South America. 

ELI operates on a tiny budget, so every donation makes a huge difference –
can you chip in to help save the jaguars, before this iconic species is
lost forever?



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As apex predators, jaguars play a vital role in controlling the
populations of other species and maintaining the delicate balance of
important ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest. They require vast
territory to survive, and as deforestation has shrunk their habitats,
they’ve become more and more isolated.

The illegal jaguar trade has further accelerated this decline. Once sold
for their pelts, the demand for jaguar parts is now fueled by black
markets in some regions where jaguar fangs and bones are sold as ‘tiger’
parts for huge profit by smugglers. 

These sophisticated, dangerous networks, which are run much like the
illegal drug and arms trades (and often by the same people!), are big
business. The global wildlife trade brings in more than a hundred billion
dollars a year. 

It’s slow, dangerous work to bring down the networks and stop the illegal
trade. But ELI brings in the best intelligence and security experts out
there to carefully infiltrate the trafficking rings. They’ve identified 75
more ‘Persons of Interest’ in the jaguar trafficking networks, many of
whom are linked to organized crime groups that are also engaged in other
serious crimes like human smuggling and money laundering.

But to go after all of them, they need to quickly expand. And if enough of
us chip in, we can help make it happen. 

John, will you help save the jaguars, before it's too late?



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Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
for people and the planet.



  Thanks for all that you do,  
Allison and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]The illegal jaguar trade is thriving online. Why aren’t governments
stopping it?
Mongabay. 02 February 2023.
 
[ [link removed] ]‘Operation Jaguar’ Summary Report
Earth League International. 14 November 2022.

 

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