Distribuição espaço-temporal dos animais recebidos no Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 2003 a 2012

Abstract

The wildlife rehabilitation center in Belo Horizonte (CETAS - BH) is one of the responsible for the receipt and destination of wild animals who are victims of trafficking in Minas Gerais. The aim was to characterize the species of wildlife seized or voluntarily surrendered in CETAS-BH, from 2003 to 2012. Analyze their spatial and temporal distribution and associate with socioeconomic indicators. In the ten years were receipt 74008 live animals, 95.6 % of these were birds, 2.6% reptiles, 0.9% mammals and 0.9% were classified as other. It was found a range of species (374), most of them birds (79.1%). The main order was Passeriformes, 84.9% of the animals. The Thraupidae family was the most representative, 65.2% of the specimens. Sicalis flaveola and Saltator similis were the most received species in CETAS-BH, 17.1% and 17% respectively. Eighteen percent of the species were endangered of extinction. The main category of receiving animals was the seizure (89.5%). The voluntarily surrendered represented 10.5% of the animals and the trend line for this category was increasing for all the period. The spatial analysis identified Belo Horizonte and the Metropolitan Region as the region with the highest concentration of occurrences. In this context, this study suggests the improvement and intensification of environmental education and supervision in those specific areas. Once the pressure of trafficking of wild animals is constant and can lead to more species in danger of extinction.