Peru: Quechua Women Lead Efforts to Protect Pumas ️ In Peru’s Andean highlands, Quechua women once killed pumas in retaliation for livestock losses. Now, through a women-led conservation group, practical measures such as improved corrals, nonlethal deterrents and forest protection have sharply reduced conflict and ended retaliatory wildcat killings.🦙 An alpaca wool textile cooperative links conservation with women’s economic empowerment, strengthening both livelihoods and wildlife protection.https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/in-perus-andes-quechua-women-turn-human-wildcat-conflict-into-coexistence/#WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeConservation #Peru #Quechua #Pumas #Environment #Biodiversity