SANTOS, M. G. O.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8947452740423614; SANTOS, Maria da Guia Oliveira dos.
Abstract:
The fauna of the Caatinga biome is exploited by local residents in a variety of
ways: use food, medicinal and breeding in captivity. Analyzing the issue of
cinegetic activity, practice popular in this biome, developed in such a way
predatory offering serious risks to the fauna, compromising their development
and even taking certain species to extinction, we have developed a study to
understand the current scenario of this occurrence of hunting activity among
young students and adults of the secondary school in a school in semi-arid
Paraiba. The objective of this study was to record the wildlife captured and/or
marketed for purpose of estimation and feeding among these students of the
public school in the city of Nova Palmeira, PB. The research was conducted
with students in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year regular average and a class of EJA (n=
26) who practice/practiced of hunting activity at some time in life, through semistructured
interviews aided by questionnaire with open and closed questions
about the cinegetic activity. The majority of students (77 %, n= 20) said that
they had caught some wild animal with purposes of pets. Only 8% (n= 2) of the
students said they have marketed animals captured, especially wild birds, with
respect to the capture for consumption of meat, all of the respondents have
already made this practice, however all said they would not carry out trade,
capture only for own consumption and/or their family. We identified the animals
more captured for breeding in captivity: Parakeet of caatinga (Eupsittula
cactorum); golinho (Sporophila albogularis) and azulão (Cyanoloxia brissonii)
and, for consumption of meat: tatu-peba (Euphractus sexcinctus), white rolinha
(Columbina picui) and tacaca (Conepatus amazonicus). We observed that the
activity game is still lively present among young people and adults that need a
popular education of refocusing on the conservation of wild fauna of the
caatinga.
