SCORES of residents in the sandy community of Lima Sands, Region Two, converged in numbers, as word spread that a jaguar was caught in the village.

According to the trap-setters, Ratan Harricharran and Marvin Calvan, jaguars are devouring livestock and poultry in Region Two communities.
“A lot of my fowls, dogs and goat were killed; it was getting overbearing, we had to catch the animal that was behind the destruction,” Marvin Calvan said.

Calvan, who had a heroic moment, said he set a wooden trap with a piece of meat in it on Tuesday night to lure the jaguar inside. Around 01:00hrs, he related that he heard a sound and knew the Jaguar was trapped.

The animal was measured five feet in length and weighs 150 pounds. When asked what they were going to do with the jaguar, the duo said they will contact the Environmental Protection Agency. Only recently, a jaguar was killed in the community of Mainstay/Whyaka, an act the village leader described as inhumane.