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| Povilitis, T. | |
| The jaguar in the Southwest: borderland or borderline conservation | |
| 2002 Endangered Species UPDATE (19): 207-213 | |
In 1997, the domestic listing of the jaguar (_Panthera onca_) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) made the killing of wild jaguars in the U.S. a federal crime and helped protect the animals against accidental harm from government predator control activities. Since then, a multi-agency Jaguar Conservation Team (JAGCT) has promoted education and research on the jaguar, but has not fulfilled its promise to address habitat conservation. JAGCT ambivalence is traced to political ideology and to uncertainty as to whether a recovery effort for the jaguar along the northern periphery of its geographic range is warranted. I argue that the American Southwest is significant to the jaguar from a conservation standpoint. A jaguar restoration strategy should include ESA recovery planning and critical habitat designation: professionally mediated workshops to address locally perceived conflicts between ESA protection, property rights, and ranching interests; and a bi-national campaign to protect a core reserve for the jaguar in northern Mexico, secure habitat corridors leading to the Southwest, and promote predator-friendly management of livestock. |
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