Plan to Capture Jaguar Is Opposed

ABQjournal: Plan to Capture Jaguar Is Opposed
The Associated Press

LORDBURG— A team of government scientists has voted to capture one of a handful of jaguars known to live in the United States, drawing protests from environmental groups.
The scientists want use a radio collar to follow the jaguar’s movements, along river corridors or through mountain ranges, to help authorities figure out which areas most need protection in the name of the species.
The decision, voted on here last week, needs to be approved by game agencies in Arizona and New Mexico, meaning it could take until the end of the year before one is collared, Arizona Game and Fish officials said.
However, three environmental groups— the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and the Sky Island Alliance— contend that the stress of capture is risky for the animal.
In 2002 and 2003, two jaguars died after being captured in Sonora, Mexico, for radio-collaring. That’s two out of the three research-based jaguar captures ever made in Sonora.

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