On the Trail of Jaguar Poachers. As Chinese investment floods into Bolivia, the spotted cats are under siege because of a booming market for their teeth and skulls.

Jaguar teeth—“by far” the most valuable body part, according to Verheij—are also an important part of the trade. They're sold mostly to Chinese, both in Suriname and China, as necklaces.

Jaguar teeth and claws, some set in gold, were found by investigators in markets around Suriname’s capital Paramaribo. A tooth set in gold could fetch up to $1,200.

According to a recent report by the Bolivian Environment Forum, authorities in the Andean nation seized 800 jaguar teeth between 2014 and 2016 – putting the number of jaguars killed around 200 ...

The buyers turned claws and teeth into pendants to sell at local Chinese-owned jewelry shops, or smuggled them back to China. Several Chinese restaurants in Suriname also began serving jaguar meat ...

The 11-year-old big cat will relocate next week as part of the Species Survival Plan to help expand the jaguar population ...

The report said teeth were the most traded body part, with 156 posts offering 367 total teeth. Most teeth posts were in Mexico, China, Bolivia and Brazil. The second-most traded jaguar part was ...

A screenshot from "Tigre Gente" showing park ranger Marcos Uzquiano and colleagues on patrol in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park. Tigre Gente. There's lots more work to be done on a state level.

A zoo official in New Orleans says a jaguar that killed nine other animals during a weekend escape is believed to have bitten through a steel-cable barrier that forms the roof of its habitat.