Field notes, v1411
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Journal 20 March 1973 Caracas, Venezuela joguarundi & found much rabbit remains (from whom?) 21 March 1973. Wednesday. Waiting for trip to Paragual. Stopped for lunch. Visited "El Pajar" zoo & director Pedro Trebbau. There are no pair jaguars, 2 pair ocelots, + a lone margay (he said at Parque del Este a pair, missing blind?). Quality & history of animals poor for reproduction none yet (except for one litter at P. del E. - one did survive). / He reminded a call from Silvio Gonzalez Plaza. Said "invasion de tigre" en el Noreste de (= Surpeque de Tujimato?) Caracas Plaza - San Jose de Turmero, Valle de Santa Rosa de CumanĂ¡, Guarico. Group planning to kill the tiger this Sunday. They have already killed two (tigers?). / Jan Lindblom-Lindblom, young Swedish movie photographer was there. He had been filming wildlife in Surinam & Guyana. We all went out to new site of zoo near El Recreo, a huge high rise housing project, to photograph pumas. Took 5 with us. Released them along a small stream with thick grass at sides. The two tanets promptly escaped up a side path & could not be recaptured. Lindblom took his photos. He said jaguar + ocelot in Surinam at Browings Park & elsewhere. He had appar- ently been staying near one tribe (in S. or Guyana). Indian agents restricted them from hunting jaguar unless animal really decided to be dangerous to humans. But missionaries had encouraged some hunt for skins to sell, so Indians now hunting. L. had argued biblical interpretation concerning wildlife with the missionaries. L. said conditions for wildlife & studies in Surinam were very good. He especially recommended Peter Tammesma, Land- looscheker, to help. / L. to show movies at T. Pedro Trebbau house on eve 22 - probably too late for us. / We went to home of friend of Trebbau, - al Protyg, in Prado del Este. / His wife had a F. typing and