Field notes, v1411
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63 Journal 28 July 1972 Buenos Aires supplies of cat skins. He also thought probably jaguar/ocelot in Iguazu park. The province game officials in Misiones (6 other prov. ?) as in the Tourism dept. (Dir. Turismo); I got address of last man known in office at Posadas, Misiones: On Calle Florida and vicinity, we saw many women wearing coats of F. geoffrayi, ocelot (gato onza), jaguar, a imitation of same. Some imitations of synthetic pile; others are of puma with printed black markings. We visited a few store where coats were sold. Some made of pelt of feet or bellies of jaguar, many pieces sewed together.. One fine long ocelot coat seemed to need 10 skins, well matched for color and spotting. At Dennis Furs, Embassy Center across from the Plaza Hotel, jaguar coats at over $2000 U.S. ex., ocelot about half that, short ocelot costs $5-600, gato montes less. There were at least 10 coats on display or on racks. This company did own manufacture. They become aware of no restriction on taking coats into U.S. There must be thousands of ocelot coats, hundreds of jaguar, in central Buenos Aires. 29 July 1972. Saturday. We took train from Plaza Constitucion to La Plata, about one hour, to visit student interested in jaguar studies, Miguel Angel Arra [Calle 40, no. 1397]. He had compiled much info about jaguar in Argentina, from goat publications and hunting-fishing magazines (Deana, Arma y Tris [still publ.] & Camping [declint.]).