Espécies silvestres alojadas no Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres/Acre: implicações conservacionistas

Abstract

The Wild Animal Sorting Centers -CETAS are institutions responsible for receiving wild animals. They animals were rescued from domestic captivity, from seizures during inspections by government agents in actions against illegal trafficking, and from environment accidents. The majority (90.9%) are controlled by IBAMA and only 9.1% by the private sector. This worked aims at doing a survey of the species of wild animals received by the CETAS in Rio Branco -Acre from 2010 to 2014, and evaluating the conservationist implications involved. During that time span 2,320 animals were received, comprising 1,097 birds (47.2%), 720 reptiles (31.0%), 498 mammals (21.4%) and 5 fish (0.2%). From the animals rescued, 0.6% belong to the list of species threatened with extinction. Despite the inspections carried out by IBAMA and by the environment police, threatened species continue to be predatorily taken out from their habitats, especially birds, which are the most attacked group, considering the number of animals received for CETAS.

Wild fauna received by the Wild Animal Screening Centre and referred to the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Brasília

“…Testudines are highlighted by the presence of the shell and due to popular beliefs, such as those that correlate them with the cure of respiratory diseases (6,13) , in addition they constitute an item of human food in some regions of the country (14,15) . Corroborating other surveys in Brazilian CETAS (6,7,16) , the genus Chelonoidis was the most expressive for the reptiles of CETAS-DF and, among the snakes, the genus Boa obtained the highest record.…”

“…In this way, it is feasible to execute work plans for the necessary inputs and equipment with the determination of the most critical periods for receiving animals (5) . Some previous surveys of Brazilian CETAS determined that birds represented the vast majority of animals received by environmental agencies, followed by reptiles and mammals (6,5,7,8) .…”

Fauna silvestre recebida pelo Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres e encaminhada para o hospital veterinário da Universidade de Brasília

“…Testudines possuem destaque pela presença do casco e devido a crendices populares, como por exemplo, as que os correlacionam à cura de doenças respiratórias (6,13) , além de constituírem item de alimentação humana em algumas regiões do país (14,15) . Corroborando outros levantamentos em CETAS brasileiros (6,7,16) , o gênero Chelonoidis foi o mais expressivo para os répteis do CETAS-DF e, dentre as serpentes, o gênero Boa obteve maior registro.…”

“…Dessa forma é viável executar planos de trabalho e demandas de insumos e equipamentos necessários com a determinação dos períodos mais críticos de recebimentos de exemplares (5) . Alguns levantamentos anteriores realizados em CETAS brasileiros determinaram que as aves representam a grande maioria dos animais recebidos por órgãos ambientais, seguidas dos répteis e dos mamíferos (6,5,7,8) .…”