Cattle and soy production are big business in Bolivia, and it's quickly reducing habitat for some incredible wildlife such as the jaguar, puma and ocelot. It's not easy though, because in Bolivia you also just can't buy land for the purposes of conservation - the land has to be productive and have an economic function. So this wildlife now needs to co-exist with agriculture and what often happens is that predators, like the jaguar, predate on livestock such as cattle and then the jaguars are killed in retaliation as farmers seek to protect their herds. It's a problem that exists all over the world but in Bolivia, there's one cattle ranch, San Miguelito that's doing things a little bit differently. Owner Duston Larsen for almost twenty years has been working with conservation organisations such as WCS and Panthera to study and protect the wildlife on their mostly-natural ranch and is the only model ranch in Bolivia for Panthera in exploring ways to mitigate conflict between predators, livestock and farmers. Links Jaguar Conservation Ranch Panthera

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