In Suriname, a shadowy hunt for traffickers selling jaguar parts to China. Wildlife trafficking is the fourth-largest source of illicit revenue globally after drugs, human smuggling and ...

In Suriname, killing, transporting, buying, selling, even possessing a protected species such as a jaguar is against the law, punishable by up to $134,000 or up to six years in jail, according to ...

Slicing across the south of Suriname is a line of three villages — Pelelu Tepu, Benzdorp and Kwamalasamutu — that have been deemed jaguar hunting hotspots, according to the conservationists. These ...

Experts on wildlife crime in Suriname monitored and documented two of the most powerful jaguar trafficking networks in South America. The networks, called “SA1” and “SA18,” operate in ...

John Goedschalk, Director of Conservation International – Suriname, helped organize a meeting of both religious and tribal leaders, enabling them to speak out with one voice against jaguar poaching.

A British explorer came face to face with a jaguar as he became the first person to travel the length of an uncharted South American river. Ash Dykes, 33, journeyed 372 miles from the source of ...

Recent research indicates that social media has become a popular showcase for a business worth around $2 million ...

Jaguar meat may be put in soup and bones are used to make wine. The poaching, by locals eking out a living, usually happens near the country’s mining and logging sites that are mostly Chinese-owned.

But by 2005, rural hunters in Suriname were fielding orders for jaguar teeth and claws — often delivering the animal’s whole head to Chinese clients in the country’s capital.

In Suriname — a country that boasts 93 percent forest cover — jaguar hunters and traffickers are supplying “American tigers” ...

In Suriname, a jaguar’s best defense against poaching until recently was its habitat: a large jungle region known simply as the “interior” by locals.