{"id":6248,"date":"2015-03-05T23:10:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T22:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=6248"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T13:14:08","slug":"an-island-in-the-middle-of-soya-san-miguelito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/03\/05\/eine-insel-inmitten-von-soja-san-miguelito\/","title":{"rendered":"An island in the middle of soy: San Miguelito"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Jaguar Conservation Tour to Farm San Miguelito<\/li>\n<li>By means of sustainable tourism, the project tries to offer the farm owner a substitute for killed cows<\/li>\n<li>Jungle trekking through the farmland and checking various photo traps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>After breakfast, we start the Jaguar Conservation Tour with just the bare minimums packed in our small daypack <a title=\"Nick&#039;s Adventures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksadventuresbolivia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Adventures<\/a>. We leave the traffic chaos of Santa Cruz and get the true picture of the region to face: <b>Soy plantations as far as the eye can see!<\/b> Soy monocultures are now growing where lush dry forest grew just a few years ago. <b>There is no longer any space here for the once abundant fauna.<\/b> Only a few rheas seem to be able to make friends with the new environment. Occasionally there are also white-skinned and partly ancient ones <b>Mennonites<\/b> To see, the Protestant Free Churches call the region their home and still speak Low German. I shorten the trip by reading the studies of the Panthera and Wildlife Conservation Society on the jaguar population.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>After a time-consuming journey, which is predominantly over a <b>Dirt road<\/b> leads, we reach our goal around noon: the <b>Ranch San Miguelito<\/b>. We are greeted warmly by Dustin, who grew up in the USA. As almost the only farmer, Dustin still relies on the less lucrative ones <b>Cattle breeding<\/b>. Thus, his property is mainly from the <b>natural vegetation <\/b>overgrown. Every now and then the big cats tear one of its animals, which in extreme cases leads to it being shot. Just yesterday two cows were killed by a jaguar.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=808810427  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6258\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06.jpg\" alt=\"2015_03_06\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>In particular, old and injured cats hunt the farm animals. Several jaguar, puma, ocelot, tapir, caiman and crocodile skins, pelts and skulls are exhibited in the house. One of the gorgeous cats is supposed to <b>record-breaking 180 kg<\/b> have weighed. The walls of the country house are full of pictures of the local wildlife. Income from the numerous camera traps on the spacious property.\u00a0<b>Six types of cats<\/b> call the place their home: jaguar, puma, ocelot, jaguarundi, Margay and the rare little spotted cat.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=640235085  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6257\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_6.jpg\" alt=\"2015_03_06_6\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_6.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_6.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>After the delicious meal, we first do it extensively <b>siesta<\/b>. The sun literally burns down from the sky so that most of the animals go to the shade at this time. Around 4 p.m. with plenty of water, camera, flashlight and in long-sleeved clothes to protect against them <b>Mosquitoes<\/b> let&#039;s march off. The dense vegetation is overgrown with cacti, which is why the cat species and other animals like to use human paths. <b>Ideal conditions for the photo traps<\/b>some of which we will now control. There are also two Indians with them <b>machete<\/b>which often pave the way.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=899955834  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6252\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_1.jpg\" alt=\"2015_03_06_1\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Large parts of the path are due to the heavy rainfalls of the last few days <b>under water<\/b>. Soon there is a steep uphill to one <b>cave<\/b>, where different types of cats have already fallen into the photo trap. There we also find a caiman skull with distinct bite holes of a jaguar. A little further on we have one <b>great view over the extensive farmland<\/b>. The forest and swamp covered by palm trees are simply beautiful. We make our way down the slope and wade back along the swamp towards the farm. Even the high hiking boots no longer stay dry.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=577442290  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6255\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_4.jpg\" alt=\"2015_03_06_4\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_4.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_4.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Soon it will be night and we will pull out our flashlights. Here in <b>Empire of the jaguar <\/b>Admittedly, being out and about only in the light of the flashlight provides a slight thrill. Nick&#039;s trained eyes spot you <b>well camouflaged common frog and a tarantula<\/b> at the entrance of their building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=556803950  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6254\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_3.jpg\" alt=\"2015_03_06_3\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_3.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>The excellent dinner awaits in the country house, pretty exhausted. Outside on the veranda with a great view there is a blaze of fire <b>Campfire<\/b>, where we also discover two more tarantulas. Then it&#039;s going to bed soon, after all, tomorrow morning is supposed to go too.<\/div>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1069290829  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6253\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_2.jpg\" alt=\"2015_03_06_2\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_06_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Jaguar Conservation Tour to Farm San Miguelito<\/li>\n<li>By means of sustainable tourism, the project tries to offer the farm owner a substitute for killed cows<\/li>\n<li>Jungle trekking through the farmland and checking various photo traps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>After breakfast, we set off with only the essentials packed in our small daypacks. We leave the traffic chaos of Santa Cruz behind and get a true picture of the region: <b>Soy plantations as far as the eye can see!<\/b> Soy monocultures are now growing where lush dry forest grew just a few years ago. <b>There is no longer any space here for the once abundant fauna.<\/b> Only a few rheas seem to be able to make friends with the new environment. Occasionally there are also white-skinned and partly ancient ones <b>Mennonites<\/b> To see, the Protestant Free Churches call the region their home and still speak Low German. I shorten the trip by reading the studies of the Panthera and Wildlife Conservation Society on the jaguar population.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1320,1372],"tags":[1306,1373,1384,1385,1386,1387,1388,1389,1390,1391,1392],"class_list":["post-6248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-bolivien","category-santa-cruz","tag-bolivien","tag-santa-cruz-de-la-sierra","tag-nicks-adventures","tag-soja-plantagen","tag-ranch-san-miguelito","tag-jaguar-conservation-tour","tag-nicholas-mcphee","tag-panthera","tag-wcs","tag-wildlife-conservation-society","tag-dustin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}