Latest update June 3rd, 2026 12:40 AM
Caiman House and the story of the black caiman
Dear Editor,
Your newspaper carried an interesting story regarding black caiman.
However, I felt the article could have done with some research as some very important information was missing starting with the Caiman House which was established nearly 10 years ago and where colleagues have been conducting long term black caiman research. A visit to the Rupununi Learners fb page, has highlighted some concerns about the article as well which I have quoted below. https://www.facebook.com/Rupununi-Learners-101835906568719/
“Recent article from Kaieteur News highlighting the Caiman Project… For those of you that are familiar with our work, this article might be a bit confusing – National Geographic, Farfan & Mendes Group and STIHL have been supporting our efforts to radio track black caiman in the Rupununi River for more than a year… This project is part of our broader caiman research which has been based at Caiman House and focused on a 30-mile stretch of the Rupununi River near Yupukari Village for the last 9 years… We hope that in the future Kaieteur News will contact us directly so that we can ensure that articles about our work contain the correct information.”
I am copying some colleagues whom you can contact for more info on Caiman House and their awesome work (Fernando Li and Matt Hallet) and also Dr Deidree Jafferally, wildlife biologist who can also give additional info on Black Caiman. Guyana still maintains very healthy populations of black caiman but of course research needs to be wide ranging and continuous.
Dr Raquel Thomas-Caesar
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