Jaguar chased for 2 miles in Arizona…then the mountain lion hunter pulled his dogs off when he feared they might get hurt…Click
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discussion group: “Habitat Fragmentation and Endangered Species Recovery in the US Southwest: How to engage the US Fish & Wildlife Service?”
The US Fish & Wildlife Service needs to improve its grades!
A special Task Force to protect habitat linkages for endangered wild carnivores of the Southwest
Areas of remaining open space and natural vegetation occurring between our mountain ranges are vital to the conservation of not only the jaguar but also the
Mexican wolf and
ocelot. These animals must roam widely in order to survive. Check out our
Google map of Jaguar Habitat Linkages.
If development continues to destroy these key natural areas, our three magnificent wild carnivores will be lost and other wildlife will suffer. Here are updates on our effort to trigger a Connectivity Conservation Task Force for Endangered Carnivores of the Southwest:
June 22, 2011 –
Habitat Connectivity Task Force is up and running…!
June 25, 2010 - Campaign invites policy makers with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on field trip to view destruction of jaguar habitat in Arizona
News from 2010:
May 24, 2010 - The Service replies to the Citizens’ Statement supporting jaguar recovery: What’s good, what’s not, what’s next?
Jaguar supporters arrived at Arizona State Capitol by Bicycle on Earth Day
Pedaled 350 miles from US-Mexico border
In January, 2010,the US Fish & Wildlife Service announced it will prepare a federal
recovery plan for the jaguar and a
proposal to protect its critical habitat in the U.S. Jaguar conservation advocates have long pushed hard for this historic policy change.
With
your voice in favor, the Service’s decision can lead to a first class program to restore the jaguar as a native species of the U.S. See our
Campaign’s recommendations to the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
But…official’s comments cast shadow over agency’s intent to recover the jaguar.
Read more
The Citizens’ Statement of Support for Recovering the Jaguar
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Citizens’ Statement to the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Please
send your endorsement to Dr. Tony Povilitis email:
tpovilitis@lifenetnature.org Please include your name, organization or business you represent (if any), and address.
Arizona Daily Star
OP-ED points out why there’s still hope for the jaguar
Albuquerque Journal
OP-ED argues for jaguar recovery plan
Jaguar policy:
Our Boston Globe
editorial that helped change US jaguar policy
Make Parks, Not Walls! Dear President Obama, instead of a wall-like fence that harms jaguars and undercuts American values, how about an International Wildlife Conservation Area along our border with Mexico?
Obama on the Fence: Read about the Administration’s current position on the border fence.
Our summer 2009 UPDATE on the Border Fence
A Challenge to the Arizona Game and Fish Department: PROTECT JAGUAR HABITAT
Arizona Game Official Rebuked Over Polarizing Comments
Asia has its tiger and Africa its lion – right here at home the jaguar is our big cat to protect and restore!
BRINGING TO LIGHT THE JAGUAR’S PLIGHT: Border fencing blocks the jaguar, and a huge open-pit mine is being proposed for jaguar habitat! Meanwhile, runaway land development further encroaches on critical habitat linkages…
THINGS TO ROAR ABOUT: American Society of Mammalogists speaks up for the jaguar. Arizona workgroup on track! A wilderness proposal would help jaguars, a National Forest Plan revision might, and a county plan and a private reserve in nearby Mexico will.
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CorridorDesign: Check out excellent information for county planners, landowners, conservationists of all stripes (and spots).
Jaguar News from Brazil. It’s all about jaguars as endangered animals that historically lived from southern South America to the southern USA. See the October ’08 issue for an article by the Jaguar Habitat Campaign.Who says jaguars don’t occur in the USA desert: Is this video clip a fake?
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LAST EDITS: January 25, 2013
The US Fish & Wildlife Service needs to improve its grades!
BRINGING TO LIGHT THE JAGUAR’S PLIGHT: Border fencing blocks the jaguar, and a huge open-pit mine is being proposed for jaguar habitat! Meanwhile, runaway land development further encroaches on critical habitat linkages…
THINGS TO ROAR ABOUT: American Society of Mammalogists speaks up for the jaguar. Arizona workgroup on track! A wilderness proposal would help jaguars, a National Forest Plan revision might, and a county plan and a private reserve in nearby Mexico will.
Jaguar News from Brazil. It’s all about jaguars as endangered animals that historically lived from southern South America to the southern USA. See the October ’08 issue for an article by the Jaguar Habitat Campaign.Who says jaguars don’t occur in the USA desert: Is this video clip a fake?
April 10, 2010 at 12:32 am |
Thank you, Tony Povilitis, for your inspiring and hopeful article in Arizona Daily Star. I too hope for jaguar recovery.
April 12, 2010 at 12:18 pm |
Dear Tony,
Its people like you that help make changes happen.
Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to this effort to help save this beautiful animal.
See you in Oracle.
May 14, 2010 at 5:38 am |
What a magnificent animal. You must not lose it.
May 14, 2010 at 5:45 am |
What an amazingly beautiful animal, I dont trust humans I hope they don’t end up harming the Jaguar.
July 7, 2010 at 12:11 am |
Hi. I found your page and was surprised that there are still jaguars in the United States. I live in San Critobal de Las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico and we are also concerned for the survival of our remaining jaguars in our rapidly depleted jungle. Here in Chiapas, we have an annual contest of painted Jaguars that is helping to increase an awareness of the jaguar plight and of the environment. This is the 3rd year of the contest and it will be inaugurated on July 31st in Comitan, Chiapas. The 30 Jaguars will be on display for 2 weeks in Comitan, 2 weeks in San Cristobal de Las Casas (in the main square) and 2 weeks in Tuxtla Gutierrez. The jaguars are then auctioned and all the proceeds go to a charity. The web page of Jaguarte is currently being revised and may not function correctly yet. The person in charge of Jaguarte is Erika Limon or Maria Fernanda (e-mail: jaguarte@gmail.com). I am also one of the artists and have compiled a CD of all the jaguars painted from 2009. If you would like to receive it I will send you one. My jaguar this year is the “Lord of the Frogs” and I wish to increase awareness for the disastrous situation of the world’s frogs as well as for the Jaguar.
I commend your wonderful work to save the jaguars of the United States.
Sincerely yours, Dr. Lauren Zarate
July 7, 2010 at 7:07 pm |
Hello Dr. Lauren – Muchas gracias for your message. It is great to learn about the annual jaguar art contest in Chiapas, and congratulations to all for an such an exciting and meaningful community approach. Yes, please do send us a CD of the 2009 art (I’ll contact you by email with a mailing address). Maybe it will inspire a “copycat” event here in our US Southwest-northern Mexico bioregion! And of course we would love to see the 2010 jaguar artwork as well.
We hope Chiapas conservationists will be very successful in their efforts to protect the jaguar and its habitat. A colleague of mine recently returned from an international wildlife conference in Bolivia that featured a seminar on jaguar. The message was “every jaguar population is important!”
All best wishes,
Tony Povilitis, PhD
Jaguar Habitat Campaign USA