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Jaguar

Jaguar. By: Daniel Heigh. Central and South America. Reasons For Endangerment . Humans are the jaguar’s main threat People hunt them for their fur They are also hunted to protect wild stock Doesn’t attack humans unless cornered 1960-1980 over 18,000 jaguars were killed by humans.

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Jaguar

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  1. Jaguar By: Daniel Heigh

  2. Central and South America

  3. Reasons For Endangerment • Humans are the jaguar’s main threat • People hunt them for their fur • They are also hunted to protect wild stock • Doesn’t attack humans unless cornered • 1960-1980 over 18,000 jaguars were killed by humans

  4. How Many Left? • There are only 15,000 jaguars remaining • They will most likely not go extinct because of all of the protection programs in place to bring them back

  5. Why Do We Need Jaguars? • Jaguars help maintain the population of other animals • It is a keystone species in many tropical ecosystems • For some cultures the jaguar is their god

  6. What Has Been Done To Help • Established a 50,000-acre reserve to help protect the northernmost breeding jaguars • Won a significant court decision directing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to produce a science-based jaguar recovery plan. • Initiated a motion-camera monitoring project in Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains to observe the jaguars to better understand their way of life

  7. How Is It Working? • The jaguar come back is very successful • There is not an exact percentage of their progress but scientist are positive that jaguars no longer have to worry about going extinct • Many reservations have been set up for jaguars to live in

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