Research overview: jaguar-rancher conflict across Latin America

This overview synthesises human-jaguar conflict across the species' range from Mexico to Argentina, where cattle ranching dominates jaguar habitat. It reviews patterns of depredation on calves and adult cattle, the strong cultural tradition of killing jaguars and pumas as vermin, the gap between perceived and actual losses, and the economic stakes for ranchers. The literature evaluates mitigation including improved herd management, fencing of calving areas, water buffalo, electric fencing, guard animals, and compensation or certification schemes. It connects conflict to jaguar range contraction and the severing of corridors. The survey frames rancher tolerance as pivotal to jaguar persistence in the vast working landscapes that make up most of its range.