Conservation Group Releases Video Showing Nation’s Only Known Wild Jaguar
- 8 years ago
A recently released video shows the only known wild jaguar in the U.S.
After decades of habitat destruction, predator elimination programs, and hunting, the U.S. is down to 1 known wild jaguar.
Called El Jefe, the animal lives in Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains, and, for the very first time, the Center for Biological Diversity and Conservation CATalyst have released video of the adult male.
Tracking and getting footage of the elusive animal was years in the making.
Finally, with the help of a scat detection dog, a camera was in the right place, at the right time.
The release of the footage comes at a time when the animal’s environment is at risk of becoming a copper mine.
Not only would the development
After decades of habitat destruction, predator elimination programs, and hunting, the U.S. is down to 1 known wild jaguar.
Called El Jefe, the animal lives in Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains, and, for the very first time, the Center for Biological Diversity and Conservation CATalyst have released video of the adult male.
Tracking and getting footage of the elusive animal was years in the making.
Finally, with the help of a scat detection dog, a camera was in the right place, at the right time.
The release of the footage comes at a time when the animal’s environment is at risk of becoming a copper mine.
Not only would the development