Peccaries of Mesoamerica Now Highly Threatened, Warn Experts
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 - 14:02
in Biology & Nature
Hunting, deforestation, and cattle ranching in Mesoamerica have become a triad of trouble for the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), an ecologically important species now threatened with regional extinction, according WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and a group of experts at a recently held meeting in Belize.