Suriname’s tapirs: Conservation in the face of hunting and other threats

Suriname’s tapirs: Conservation in the face of hunting and other threats

Each year from June to August, it’s tapir hunting season in Suriname, the only country in South America that allows hunting the animal, which already faces a host of other threats to its survival. This species, widely known in Suriname as bofru (Tapirus terrestris), is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to threats such as habitat loss, fragmentation and hunting. And even though hunting is regula…