Meat from wild animals and two firearms are seized in Guaraqueçaba

After an anonymous tip, two firearms, and a network of hunting and 750g pieces of armadillo were apprehended by military police company of the 1st Battalion of the Environmental Police on the morning of Monday (08/10). The action, which occurred in the neighborhood Potinga in Guaraqueçaba (coastal state), still resulted in the arrest of a man.

A team of PM was sent to a farm in the region of Potinga to investigate a complaint that a man was practicing hunting. "Arriving on the scene, confirmed the presence of a 32 gauge shotgun and a .22 caliber rifle," said the commander of the operation, Sergeant Anthony Wilson Ferreria.

According to him, the house still found a network used for hunting and pieces of armadillo. The owner of the residence of 22 years, and the materials seized were sent to the Police Station Antonina. "The young man must answer for illegal possession of a firearm restricted use and crime against the environment," said the spokesman of the unit, soldier Welton Loureiro.

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Community Patrol seizes firearms and armadillo meat ball

On the 29th, at around 16:00, Military Police Patrol Rural Community of Catanduvas made ​​to approach a vehicle Ford Corcel II, Line Tormentinha, inside Catanduvas. Immediately the team realized that the driver of vehicle was a purse, and check it, were located 09 rounds of ammunition 28 gauge. Already in the backseat of the vehicle was a rifle of the same caliber and unbranded, without registration. V. N. P., 39, was arrested in flagrante delicto and forwarded to the Police Precinct Civilian Catanduvas.

Earlier today (Friday), Police Patrol Rural Community of Iguaçu Falls completed a Search and Seizure Warrant at the home of A. V, 69, in the town of New Hope, interior Settlement Celso Furtado. In the searches was located and seized a rifle caliber 36, tag Rossi, intact and three cartridges of the same caliber. Freezer in the house, was located a wild animal species slaughtered Tatu. A. V, was arrested and taken to Police Precinct Civilian Iguaçu Falls. Military Police Battalion Green Environmental Police Force were deployed to plow environmental assessment notice against the detainee under crime fighter.

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Man is fined USD 15,000 for keeping armadillo meat ball

Resident Itororó had 64 kg of armadillo meat in your freezer

A resident of Itororó Paranapanema district Pirapozinho, was fined on Wednesday (19) at USD 15,000 to have on deposit 64.4 pounds of beef and wild animals without authorization of the competent organ.

Through the complaint, the Environmental Police Presidente Prudente arrived at the residence and on the survey, found inside a freezer armadillo meat.

The seized meat was sent along with the involved until the Police Department Pirapozinho.

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Environmental operation ends with eight guns seized in Coast

Action was triggered in the municipalities of Guaratuba, Paranaguá and Morretes. Even a frozen armadillo was found by police.

Eight firearms were seized by the Coast state Environmental Police Battalion, last weekend. The armament was collected during Operation Caápua, which had taken steps in the municipalities of Guaratuba, Morretes and Paranaguá.

The first stage of police work was performed in the National Park Saint Hillaire Lange in Paranaguá. Were located and seized three firearms: one in the possession of the owner of a shop, and two, in the homes of residents. According to police, two people were arrested for illegal possession.

In Morretes, were seized a shotgun 28 gauge with ten caliber ammunition and a 36. The materials were sent to the city police, who initiated the police investigation to extend the investigation and ascertain the facts.

In Guaratuba, the police found three weapons in the region of the border between the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina. We seized a shotgun and a .32 caliber craftsmanship, and a 22 caliber revolver. At one site in the region, we found a frozen armadillo. The property owner was fined for illegal possession and hunt animals for the Brazilian fauna.

According to Lt. John Alves da Rosa Neto, the aim of the operation is to protect wildlife fauna Parana, especially those who are at risk of extinction. The operation was triggered from complaints received by Environmental Police.

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Police uncover illegal slaughter of animals and seizes armadillo ball Limoeiro

A team from the Independent Company Policing Environment conducted an operation in Limoeiro in the afternoon of Saturday (17) and discovered an illegal slaughter of animals in a farm town.


The owner, Ana Maria de Souza, 54, better known as Dona Rosa's Slaughterhouse, marketed armadillo meat ball. Dona Rosa provided the meat illegal for butchers in the area of North Forest and Market Drowned and the Yellow House.

Also found on the farm a rifle, two caliber rifle ammunition 36 and 31 tails armadillo ball, a raw armadillo meat in the refrigerator of the accused, plus a live armadillo, which would be consumed in the coming days by Dona Rosa, who is also hunter.

The accused was taken to the police station Limoeiro, which was issued a Term Circunstaciado Occurrence and Ana Maria testified and was released to address environmental crimes in freedom. The armadillo was returned alive to nature.

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Meet the Armadillo Ball from Brazil

Tatu ball is the common name for the species of the genus Tolypeutes armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus and Tolypeutes matacus, known respectively as the armadillo ball caatinga and mataco. These species are also known in some regions as Tatuapara, trims and apar. They are found in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina, and the species T. tricinctus is endemic to Brazil.

The species of the genus armadillo Tolypeutes have about 30 cm long, have a brown anegrada and usually three mobile straps. Armadillos are the only ones able to roll up completely inside the shell, assuming the shape of the ball. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, while the armadillo ball scrub is an endangered species with conservation status of vulnerable, mataco have a lower risk of becoming extinct, with conservation status of quasi-vulnerable .

The three-banded armadillo-of-caatinga was announced on September 16, 2012 as the mascot world cup 2014.

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Mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, armadillo ball may be extinct in Brazil

Species was chosen by FIFA as the world symbol held in Brazil.

This species of animal only exists in Brazil. The armadillo ball is rolled into a ball to protect themselves.

Choosing ball Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) by FIFA as mascot World Cup 2014, which will take place in Brazil, the country cheered environmentalists, who see it as an opportunity to disseminate information about the species and warn of the risk of extinction. The images of the mascot have been posted on the website of European patents, where the design was registered by the highest body of football in the world.

The proposal to have the little animal - it can measure up to 50 centimeters - as a symbol of mega sports events was submitted to FIFA by the non-governmental organization Association Caatinga, headquartered in Piauí.

According to Rodrigo Castro, executive secretary of the NGO, the adoption of the ball armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus), an animal "authentically Brazilian" as mascot would be a way to disseminate information about the little-known species and at great risk of disappearing from the wild.


Alert

According to the Ministry of Environment, the species is part of the national list of species of Brazilian fauna threatened with extinction.

The environmental organization International Union for Conservation of Nature considers the armadillo ball (Tolypeutes tricinctus) as "vulnerable" in nature.

However, soon there will be a reclassification to "critically endangered", according to Castro, who explained that this name would be a yellow sign before a probable collapse of the species.

Its population is spread over nine states, Caatinga and Cerrado, losing vast areas of vegetation due to urban sprawl, forest fires and charcoal production - largely underground.

According to latest information from the federal government, the Cerrado has lost 48.5% of its original forest cover, while the Caatinga has preserved only 54% of native forest. "Historically, hunting was the major villain of the three-banded armadillo, but urbanization and increased agricultural activities have affected their habitat," said Castro.

Ball as a defense

The relationship of this species of armadillo with soccer ball is the format that gets to defend themselves from predators. Noting the presence of ounces or foxes, her body writhes and animal hides fragile parts like the trunk, head and paws inside a hard shell - that closes and is shaped ball.

"He can stay in this position defense for more than an hour, until the danger passes," explains biologist. But the instinct to defend the armadillo ball (Tolypeutes tricinctus) lets fragile for hunters who still seek specimens in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the country for consumption.

With aloof behavior, the armadillo ball is different from other species of armadillo because they dig holes, getting vulnerable to human. "He can not hide," said Anderson Feijó, mammals expert Northeastern master in zoology at the Federal University of Paraíba.

Environmental legacy

Blog We have created a project to preserve the species.

The plan would fund research that would define the amount of animals in the country and natural areas they inhabit. The project, which would be divided into stages and would last for 12 years, still strengthen protected areas in the Caatinga and Cerrado, avoiding any form of degradation in the future.

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Protest in Brazil in Defense of armadillo that this extinction

About 200 members of the Blog met late on Thursday, the Democratic Esquina. They protest against the alleged acts of violence and vandalism military police by some people, occurred a week ago.

To call upon the participants, the group used social networks, noting that the event would serve to "Our joy can not be silent in the face of human rights violations." Under the gaze of police and shouting "armadillo, armadillo, it's all wrong," the group down the avenue Borges to the Largo, where the clash occurred last week.

The police command responsible for Ostensible City Police Officer Alpheus de Freitas, was performed in the presence of councilors and the State Secretary of Justice and Human Rights, Fabiano Pereira, an agreement between the protesters and the police for the protest be peaceful. On the blog page, protesters say they are against "police violence sponsored by the state and private companies, privatization of public spaces, removal of communities on behalf of the 2014 World Cup, curfew with selective closure of bars in the Lower City aiming to social exclusion and speculation. "

The soft-drink Coke, announced through a statement late on Thursday that there will reset the armadillo in Largo, in downtown Porto Alegre. According to the company, the goal was to give the doll to create visibility and familiarity of the population with the mascot. However, due to the clash, followed by injuries, vandalism and arrests, the company announced in a statement that "this particular action will not return, but the city remains a priority of the squares of the shares of the Company in its engagement with the festive spirit this what is the biggest sporting event in the world. "

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