tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post3388024351148005554..comments2024-03-12T05:38:57.339-07:00Comments on Wolves, Wolf Facts, Cougars, Cougar Facts, Coyotes, Coyote Facts - Wolves, Cougars, Coyotes Forever: Belize has outstanding Jaguar habitat and has now signed on to Panthera's JAGUAR CORRIDOR INITIATIVE, a creative land use zoning plan that factors in the needs of all wildlife including the apex carnivore, the Jaguar.............The 18 Central and South American Countries that are part of the Jaguar Initiative stretch south to north from Argentina to Mexico.............Renowned Jaguar biologist Dr. Alan Rabinowitz has worked tireless to create this "Corridor Initiative" and we applaud him for his magnificent effort.................What we still have a hard time wrapping our hands around is Rabinowitz's refusal to include the USA in the Initiative now that USFW Service has come out for Protected Critical Habitat for the Jaguar in New Mexico and Arizona..........As late as the 19th Century, the Jaguar was still found across the southern tier of the what is now the USA............Thomas Jefferson mentions the Jaguar in Virginia in the mid 18th Century,,,,,,,,,,,,and the Big Cat was found West all the way up to San Francisco during the earliest Spanish colonization of this region.................Dr. Rabinowitz,,,,,,,,,,,,,the habitat still exists in the USA for the "JAG",,,,,,,,,,,,,put your muscle and influence" to work in your home Country as well as in the Southern Hemisphere now please!Coyotes, Wolves and Cougars foreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594002891926526543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post-27191597637329034212014-02-23T22:04:55.537-08:002014-02-23T22:04:55.537-08:00Mark,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,The jaguar Initiative has to st...Mark,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,The jaguar Initiative has to start to include the USA!Coyotes, Wolves and Cougars foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594002891926526543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post-80479935510899623512014-02-23T08:25:31.248-08:002014-02-23T08:25:31.248-08:00Just to reinforce the jaguar biogeography point, t...Just to reinforce the jaguar biogeography point, the red wolf skeleton found in Fern cave (north Alabama) I referenced earlier this month was found near a collection of jaguar bones (albeit older). There's no denying both were in north Alabama within the last millenia.Mark LaRouxnoreply@blogger.com