Venezuela permits hunting every fall, provided the total number of kills in the season does not exceed 150,000.[3] Because of its adaptability and wide distribution, habitat loss does not affect the species significantly globally.[1] It is reasonably resilient to hunting as well, as hunters usually focus on large males and the species reproduces at a small size.[8] However, it is severely threatened in Colombia,[4] primarily the subspecies C. c. fuscus and sometimes C. c. crocodilus.[24]