There are two very sad facts to report in answering the question in the title. Firstly, there are websites and videos which greatly misrepresent the world population size of the jaguar. For example, there’s a video on YouTube which says … continue reading…
We are told that, in the wild, jaguars live between 12-15 years. Although Mel and Fiona Sunquist in their excellent book Wild Cats of the World (2002) state that jaguar “longevity in the wild is unknown”. On my reading about … continue reading…
Google tells me that people want to know how many Jaguars (the cat!) there are in Costa Rica. It is actually a very difficult question because I don’t think anybody is courageous enough or silly enough to actually provide a … continue reading…
NEWS AND VIEWS: You might have thought that I was discussing a genetically mutated jaguar in Belize and Guatemala which has a short tail very similar to that of the bobcat but I’m not. This beautiful jaguar had, at one … continue reading…
The news surrounding Trump’s great wall has subsided but its construction is still on the table and it is still a danger to wildlife conservation and in particular for the ocelot. This beautiful but endangered small wild cat species has … continue reading…
This is awful. It’s been reported that the world’s first jaguar cub born through artificial insemination has been eaten by her mother two days after birth although there is some confusion over the cub’s death. The jaguar cub was born … continue reading…
This is another depressing story about the destruction of the world’s ancient forests. I recently wrote about old Swedish forest being used to make toilet paper and today I’m going to address the destruction of tropical forest inhabited by Jaguars … continue reading…
The IUCN Red List (the “experts”) says that there are some “vagrant” jaguars in America close to the Mexican border. They are correct except that there is only one known jaguar in the entire United States and it has been … continue reading…
Corazón, a beautiful female jaguar, has been poisoned to death and her cub, as a consequence, starved to death. They lived on a reserve in Sonora, north-western Mexico, just below Arizona in the USA. Corazón had wandered to a place … continue reading…
by Michael (London, UK) Photo (cropped as allowed) by Flickkerphotos (Flickr) Ummm..the dilemma of jaguar conservation. I am talking about the cat, incidentally! There are a lot of people who want to conserve and restore jaguar cars but a smaller … continue reading…
