Journal 31 July 1972. 1200 EEUU, 1000 England. Price cats down now. Was $5-600 for untanned jaguar in Europe a few yrs. ago. Usually 30% waste in pelt skins. About 10 yrs. ago, improved cat fur through "reinforcing" - dying slightly blue to offset yellow colors. Trade agreement - sort of common market - w. Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru (?), or free exchange hide w/o duty (Andean Common Market?). Export figures captured by for hides + furs in Compañía General de Corrientes en Frutillar del Para, Av. Metre 360, Auckland (Tel. 22- 7411, 4408). Most tanning of guanacos - also much (suburb) fors, nutrias. Suggested see Dave Neishman, FIATP, Auckland, for statistics (Auckland; 22-46 22-7302). | In after- on, again visited office of Juan Carlos today, Director of Corps of Conservation.... International conventions - none on cats, but recent one on vicunas. Old general convention of 1940's. Also one on whales. Efforts - few of spotted cats last two years; last gato orga export, skins from Paraguay, Oct. 446/1971. Gato montes - effort often in thousands. cat Rare for skin to be unspotted then exported, the case for nutrias + some others (some from U.S.A.). Price of gato orga (ocelot) down since 2 yrs. ago. Godoy had one deer very influential, had 40 inspectors, one in each small tannery in BA (7-8 yrs. ago). Also high official in park - Latin first S. American country to lose (after U.S., Canada). Now had no people, mainly self + secretary. Had proposal developing for single national game law to set