Elusive Jaguars Found in Arizona

[underpants]

Source: Red Orbit

As the U.S. government plans to complete a pedestrian fence to effectively seal off heavily crossed areas of the border between the U.S. and Mexico, environmentalists and biologists like Emil McCain are studying the possibly negative effects imposed on a group of extremely rare jaguars.

McCain, a wildlife graduate student at Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif., was recently thrilled to find four photographs of the elusive jaguars taken by remote cameras stationed in the Arizona desert in a project to support his master’s thesis on mountain lion activity.

McCain said the government enforced immigration fence could prohibit the remaining jaguar population from venturing into their conventional territory.

"Because there are no females and no reproduction, jaguars in the United States are totally dependent on cross-border movement," said McCain. "That connectivity with Mexico is absolutely crucial."


Read more: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1310574/elusive_jaguars_found_in_arizona/

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A rare wild jaguar seen and photographed in the United States by hunter Warner Glenn is bayed by hounds during a hunting trip at an unknown location in southwestern New Mexico, February 20, 2006. Glenn and other members of his hunting party caught the hounds and led them away after they cornered the jaguar. The male jaguar, which weighed around 200 pounds, left the site at a slow trot unharmed. Jaguars are extremely rare in the United States, and Glenn is believed to be the only person to have encountered and photographed one in the wild. Photograph taken February 20, 2006.
(Warner Glenn/Handout/Reuters)

[xchrom]

1. very very cool they found and photographed them -- and i hate that fence. nt

[roguevalley]

17. sweet god, they are beautiful. another endangered species I have

to pray for. the more I know people, the more I love animals.

[icymist]

2. WOW! Jaguars! No,... American jaguars! I like the sound of that!

Screw the immigration fears of Latinos 'stealing' american jobs; put the importance of American Jaguars on the level of American Eagles!

[SharonAnn]

3. Link doesn't work. Tried search and still can't find article.

[underpants]

4. It is a good article. Try googling -jaguar photographed- and hit the News tab

:shrug:

[goodgd_yall]

5. Good, I'm hoping this puts a spanner in the works

as far as building The Fence.

That is SO great that jaguars are still living on this side of the border.

[The Stranger]

6. Save the planet.

Can anyone get the Nancy Disaster to put impeachment back on the table?

[Az_lefty]

7. we have these Mexican Jaguar's here in Arizona...

although the chances of seeing one are incredibly slim.

[nxylas]

8. Send 'em back, I say

They'll only take jobs from American mountain lions.

[KansDem]

23. But...but...they'll only take the jobs the American mountain lions won't do!

;)

[Vincardog]

20. I saw on in the Yucatan in 1972.

[Acadia Blue]

9. Saw a program on Documentary or History about suspicion of

them being in the USA..Looks like there is proof now

[Dr.Phool]

10. They've got a bunch of them in Florida.

Usually spotted in September through December in Jacksonville.

[underpants]

14. I'm glad you brought this up

I was surprised when I found out that there WERE actually Panthers in Florida (when the hockey team started) and I didn't know that there were Jaguars in Jacksonville...did they really just do an alliteration thing for the name?

Couldn't they have been the Jacksonville Skynyrds or the Jacksonville you-might-as-well-end-it-if-you-are-going-on-a-cruiseS ? :shrug:

[Dr.Phool]

19. I think it just had a "J" in the name.

And "Junkies" just didn't seem to fit.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Don't know, but the Jax zoo has a nice jaguar exhibit

Might have been after the fact, but worth a look.

[denverbill]

11. Headline should have been "McCain for Open Borders with Mexico". n/t

[arundhatiroyfan]

12. Kick N/T

[PittPoliSci]

13. must not have been that elusive if they were found.

just sayin'.

[slackmaster]

22. They probably heard an electric can opener

Or something.

[Kali]

29. Warner Glen is a premier lion tracker and spends a lot of time in the saddle.

No surprise to me he found one.

[blayne]

15. Beautiful animals.

I once saw a mountain lion in West Texas, and I thought that was the biggest cat we had in the US. Apparently it is the second biggest.

[Maeve]

16. alternative link

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN24216704

[bean fidhleir]

18. Lucky for those dogs

I suspect the dogs didn't really understand that that cat is not a member of f. silv. lybica

[Wednesdays]

24. Hey, I'd gladly trade in my old jalopy for one of those

Oops...wrong kind of jaguar. But the animal is every bit a thing of beauty as the car...thanks for sharing this. :)

[zonkers]

25. Thanks so much for posting this, undy. Very cool.

[Hobarticus]

26. What a cool effing animal....long may they run eom

[TygrBright]

27. heh... Big kitty looks like he's pondering the dessert tray....

"hmmmm, caramel/chocolate looks nice, but then so does the chocolate chip mocha and the vanilla with nut topping...."

Glad to hear the dogs got out safely.

amusedly,
Bright

[Kali]

28. this article may be new, but this is hardly breaking news

Warner got his shots quite a while ago and I believe the remote camera shots are also a couple years old.

The Malpai Borderlands group has been working on this (an many other issues) for a long time now.

[noonwitch]

30. Beautiful animal!

We get occasional cougars in northern Michigan, but this is way cool.