Wildcats

  • Biologist pleads guilty to luring America's last jaguar to trap

    Ralph Maughan

    Emil McCain pleads guilty to a misdemeanor crime: illegal take of an endangered species- Jaguar trapper guilty. Arizona Daily Star

  • An interesting blog

    Ralph Maughan

    coyotes-wolves-cougars.blogspot.com I’ve had this blog on the blogroll for over a month. It’s still small, but the webmaster has the talent to put it simply with interesting video. You might want to check it out.

  • Accounts conflict on how jaguar was trapped

    Ken Cole

    Was Macho B intentionally caught? The question about whether or not jaguar scat was placed at the trap site or not is the focus of the article. One former employee says she placed the scat at the trap site on the orders of her boss while the employee who was fired recently says she is…

  • G&F worker is fired for alleged lying, cover-up in jaguar capture

    Ken Cole

    The investigation of Macho B’s death is ongoing I saw this story but was too busy to post it when it was published last month. I’m posting it now because I think it is an important story and also because we’ve been covering the saga of Macho B, the last wild jaguar in the US.…

  • Why top predators matter

    Ken Cole

    An in-depth look at new research Top predators such as wolves, lions, and jaguars play very important roles in the ecology. From control of mesopredators like coyotes and hyenas to control of ungulate populations and how they use the land. Why top predators matter: an in-depth look at new research Jeremy Hance mongabay.com

  • More on the jaguar

    Ralph Maughan

    Panthera, devoted to conserving wildcats, not thrilled by decision to set aside “critical habitat” for jaguar- In his NYT op-ed piece yesterday,  “Jaguars Don’t Live Here Anymore,” Alan Rabinowitz, head of Panthera, is not thrilled that USFWS has finally decided to start the ESA process of designating critical habitat for the jaguar in the United…

  • Arizona Intentionally Snared Last Jaguar, Inquiry Finds

    Ralph Maughan

    Does this mean they deliberately killed the state’s last jaguar? Arizona Intentionally Snared Last Jaguar, Inquiry Finds. By Leslie Kaufman. New York Times.

  • Victory for Jaguars: Obama Pledges Recovery Plan, Habitat Protection

    Ralph Maughan

    Good news below in the press release from the Center for Biological Diversity- Capping a 13-year battle to save the American jaguar from extinction, this week the Center for Biological Diversity won a decision from the Obama administration to develop a recovery plan and protect essential habitat for North America’s largest and most endangered cat.…

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