Defenders' Experts
Jaguar
The
jaguar (Panthera onca) is the largest cat native to North
America
and the third largest cat in the world.
In the U.S.-Mexico borderlands the unique American jaguar has been
virtually eliminated from its entire U.S.
range, but Defenders and its partners are working hard to save remaining
populations in Mexico.
Huge Victory for the Jaguar
March 31, 2009 - The federal court for the District of Arizona ruled that endangered jaguars deserve the full protection of the Endangered Species Act. This will require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take a second look at its decision not to develop a recovery plan or designate critical habitat for the jaguar. Defenders' staff member, Eva Sargent, says, "This is a huge victory for the jaguar."
Read our press release on this victory for the jaguar.
Passing of Macho B - "Arizona's Jaguar"
Macho B was a jaguar who roamed the wildlands of southern Arizona for at least 13 years. He was elusive but well-known.
Read an obituary to Macho B
In the Field
Defenders of Wildlife is protecting northern jaguars in the core of their range through on-the-ground monitoring by our Jaguar Guardian partnership project and through the establishment of the Northern Jaguar Reserve. We are also building local support for conservation, minimizing predator/livestock conflicts and implementing programs to change the local community's perception of the jaguar from a liability to an asset.
Management and Policy
Defenders of Wildlife is pursuing recovery of northern jaguars through a three-point conservation strategy. This strategy will ensure a future for wild jaguars in Northern Mexico and the United States.
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