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                                              First Jaguar Caught in U.S. Put to Sleep 






March 3, 2009

The National Geographic

—The first wild jaguar to be caught in the U.S. was recaptured just a few weeks later on Monday and put to sleep the same day, wildlife officials said.

The jaguar, named Macho B, was caught and released southwest of Tucson, Arizona, on February 18 wearing a satellite-tracking collar (above, Macho B recovers from anesthesia in February).

Arizona Game and Fish Department biologists following the cat's movements noticed that Macho B had become lethargic in recent days.

The scientists recaptured the predator Monday and ran tests at the Phoenix Zoo that revealed "severe and unrecoverable" kidney failure—a common ailment in older cats.

Macho B was probably the oldest jaguar known in the wild. He had been photographed around the Arizona-Mexico border since 1996 and was estimated to be 14 to 16 years old.

A necropsy will tell biologists how long the cat had been sick, and those results will be compared to blood work done during his capture.

Comparing the results may show whether Macho B's capture hastened his death—a valid possibility, said Bill Van Pelt, a program manager for Arizona Game and Fish.

Alan Rabinowitz, head of the wild cat conservation group Panthera, said that when older animals of any kind are captured and anesthetized, it can cause sometimes fatal stress.

Jaguars, once common throughout the southern United States, were mostly killed off by the early 1900s.

Observations of a few animals around the Arizona border resulted in the species being placed under the protection of the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 1997.

But the U.S. won't likely be seeing more jaguars anytime soon, Rabinowitz said: Macho B was an anomaly, and there's no evidence of a resident jaguar population in the country.



—Christine Dell'Amore



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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2009, 01:30:04 am »

What a ripoff.  Mankind never tries to cure these animals, only destroys.
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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2009, 12:32:10 pm »



Macho B is seen in this February 2009 photo provided
by the Arizona Game Fishery Dept.








                                                           Rare Arizona Jaguar Euthanized






       
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– March 4, 2009
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A rare jaguar captured and collared in Arizona two weeks ago was euthanized after falling ill, state game officials said.


The jaguar was the only one spotted in the United States in more than a decade. Officials captured the cat Feb. 18 as part of a program to study bears and mountain lions. A procedure had previously been put in place to attach a satellite collar to any such fortuitously captured jaguar, so wildlife experts could monitor its movements to learn more about the extremely rare creatures.


The jaguar stopped moving, however.


Biologists found the male jaguar, brought it to a zoo, and he was put down that day. Officials say the cat, named Macho B, suffered kidney failure, common among old cats.


Macho B was first spotted by automatic trail cameras in 1996 when he was about age 2 or 3. He was thought to be 15 or 16 - relatively old for jaguars - when he was euthanized.


"This is an unfortunate and disappointing situation," said Gary Hovatter, deputy director of the Arizona Game and Fish Department. "We were looking forward to using the data acquired from Macho B to learn more about the species use of the borderland habitats in order to further conserve the species as a whole."
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« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2009, 12:38:04 pm »










Sad course of action



The cat had dropped from 118 pounds at the time of his capture last month to just 99.5 pounds Monday.


The decision to euthanize was made in consultations between the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Phoenix Zoo, according to the statement.


"It is a sad, but appropriate course of action to euthanize this animal given the hopelessly terminal nature of his condition," said Steve Spangle, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Arizona field supervisor.


A necropsy (animal autopsy) will be performed to learn more about the jaguar's condition and to possibly provide clues to how long the animal had been sick.


In a statement released yesterday, officials did not say whether anything they might or might not have contributed the animal's demise. But they did say: "The jaguar's capture was guided by protocols developed in case a jaguar was inadvertently captured in the course of other wildlife management activities. The plan, which was created in consultation with leading jaguar experts, includes a protocol for capture, sedation and handling."
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« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2009, 12:40:01 pm »









Big cats



Jaguars (Panthera onca) are the biggest cats in the Western Hemisphere. They once ranged from southern South America to the southern United States. By the late 1900s, none were thought to exist north of Mexico, but two independent sightings in 1996 confirmed jaguars still reached as far north as Arizona and New Mexico.


Remote cameras have also photographed jaguars in the Amazon and in central Mexico, where they're also rare.


Jaguars have been protected outside of the United States under the Endangered Species Act since 1973. That protection was extended to jaguars in the United States in 1997, the year after their presence here was confirmed.
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« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2009, 01:03:29 pm »

Such a shame about these cats.  My opinion is, if man can't control these animals, he has no business trying to capture them either.  We should not consider ourselves the only important lives in the planet.
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« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2009, 05:05:16 pm »




             









                                                 Rare Jaguars Spotted in Arizona and Mexico
         





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– Sun Feb 22, 2009

The once-common jaguar has become a rare sight in North America, thanks to hunting and habitat fragmentation.


Now two were spotted in exceedingly rare and unrelated events this month.


The Arizona Game and Fish Department caught and collared a wild jaguar in Arizona for the first time, officials said Thursday. While a handful of the big cats have been photographed by automatic cameras in recent years, the satellite tracking collar will now help biologists learn more about this animal's range.


Meanwhile, a jaguar was spotted in central Mexico for the first time in a century. Scientists photographed the cat with an automatic camera set alongside a trail thought to be frequented by the spotted felines.


Jaguars (Panthera onca) once ranged from southern South America to the southern United States. By the late 1900s, none were thought to exist north of Mexico, but two independent sightings in 1996 confirmed jaguars still reached as far north as Arizona and New Mexico. Remote cameras have also photographed jaguars in the Amazon.


The species has been protected outside of the United States under the Endangered Species Act since 1973. That protection was extended to jaguars in the United States in 1997, the year after their presence here was confirmed.
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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2009, 05:11:50 pm »

 Smiley  The history channel runs a series called, "Monster Quest", (I beleive it's on tonight actually).  Many people have spotted a big black cat which looks an awful lot like a black jaguar or black panther perhaps.  Of course they're not "supposed" to be any of these kinds of big cats loose in the wild.  But I guess nobody told the big cats that, LOL  Wink
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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2009, 05:16:59 pm »






Posted by: Dante  

Such a shame about these cats.  My opinion is, if man can't control these animals, he has no business trying to capture them either.  We should not consider ourselves the only important lives in the planet.


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Dante,

Have you read the articles? I added a previous one that is alluded to in these two.

Nobody is trying to CONTROL these animals.  They have been so decimated that they are now only
trying to track them so that something can be done to revive the species TODAY.

If you and the other poster want to blame somebody, blame the previous people who decimated these
animals a hundred or so years ago.  And that includes the people South of the border.

The Department of Game and Fisheries is only trying to help.
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« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2009, 05:20:55 pm »





Thanks for the 'heads up', Sungate!
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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2009, 01:54:44 am »

Of course I read the articles, I would not have commented on them had I not done so. 

And yet, one does not need to bother to read all your articles when simply the headline or the first line tells one all they need to know:

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The first wild jaguar to be caught in the U.S. was recaptured just a few weeks later on Monday and put to sleep the same day, wildlife officials said.


Now, it could be that the animal was indeed sick, but it was definitely true that it was killed the same day by these "officials."

Who are these people to decide what lives and dies?  There are sick people in hospices all over the world. Does that give the nurses and doctors licenses to kill whoever they think is beyond saving simply in the name of being "humane?"

Of course not, it would be murder.  We should think no less of the animals that also dwell on this world.  There are "humane" shelters where stray dogs and cats are taken in, and then animals are randomly chosen to be killed when the handlers feel that they have more than they can handle.  My opinion is, if they don't think they can take care of them, they are better off releasing them or not taking them in at all. Animals have the right to live, too, and these "humane" officials are not God. In the outside world, an animal has a chance to make it it on it's own. When it is euthanized, it has no chance at all.

Perhaps myself and my "fellow poster" have a bit more compassion for these creatures than you do, who apparently see them as nothing but an object of fascination.  People do not have the right to euthanize or kill creatures just because they are animals. Animals have the right to live, too.
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« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2009, 01:59:38 am »

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In a statement released yesterday, officials did not say whether anything they might or might not have contributed the animal's demise. But they did say: "The jaguar's capture was guided by protocols developed in case a jaguar was inadvertently captured in the course of other wildlife management activities. The plan, which was created in consultation with leading jaguar experts, includes a protocol for capture, sedation and handling."


Knowing how these things happen, these hunters probably injured the animal themselves while capturing it, hence the vague response to the question.  Anyone who thinks that the gaming officials responsible for these animals are as gentle as they try to make themselves out to be is a fool. 

Let these animals go, it's their world, too, bastards.
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