Jaguar, A Race Against Time, The Fight to Save the Majestic Feline
Saving the Spots, Exploring the Causes and Solutions to Jaguar Extinction
The jaguar, the largest feline of America and third over the world, this mammal lives from North of America to Central America and reachs the Amazona jungle in Brazil and some zones of Argentina. Specifically in North America jaguar lives in Mexico, places like Chiapas, Puebla and Veracruz, countries such as Guatemala and Panama. Statistical censuses of investigation institutes have shown the jaguar has been breeding in Central America but still this is a poor propagation. Lacandona jungle in Mexico and South America jungles (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela) have reported weak activity of jaguar concentration.
This feline can weigth 130 kg, and he has got orange hair color and black spots. Diet of jaguars consist in deers, birds and rodents, some times they eat fish and aligators.
Jaguar, American feline in extinction danger
Sadly there is discrepancie between government wild life conservation institucions and rural population, cattle ranchers principally. Jaguar is a carnivorous mammal and there are cases where by instinc this animal has killed cows, sheeps and other domestic animals. This situation has trigered a jaguar hunting by the ranchers, they are argumenting care of thier cattle and others animals for their familes sustenance.
Saving the Spots, Exploring the Causes and Solutions to Jaguar Extinction
Responsable Institutions about wild animal life conservation in differents countries of America have deleveloped support programs for ranchers who have been afected by jaguars attacks. Governments have offered monetary resources to protect the rural population legacy. On this way, it pretends stop hunting and killing jaguar, due this mammal is part of nature of in several american contries. This is an amazing feline that was being hunted by its beautiful skin aforetime. Today hunting and trade this animal is forbbiden.
Captive jaguar, let's take care of wild species, in their natural habitat preferably
Jaguar, beautiful american feline in its natural habitat (Pixabay photo)
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Prehispanic historical amazing feline
American prehispanic cultures have been associated jaguar like God. There are archaeological remains shaped and sculpted on rocks. We can find musseums in Mexico about this topic by example.