Peccaries of Mesoamerica now highly threatened, warn experts
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 05:32
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.