Jaguar Protection Reconsidered

If you haven't heard yet, the last remaining jaguar in the United States was killed recently by the very organization that should have been protecting it. A researcher has come forward with the testimony that she was told by an Arizona Game and Fish representative to bait a trap with female jaguar scat. The trap was intended for Macho B, the last known jaguar in the U.S. Macho B was captured and later euthanized rather quickly with the claim that he was experiencing kidney failure. But it seems that the real failure was to protect Macho B from mismanagement and mishandling. As you'd expect, this awakened suspicions and protests, which has led a federal judge to order the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service "to revisit its decisions not to designate habitat and create a recovery plan for jaguars in the United States." For more information, click on the articles below:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/center/articles/2009/tucson-citizen-03-31-2009.html

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/center/articles/2009/arizona-daily-star-04-02-2009.html

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