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Big Cat Medicine

ton-ton — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:06:51 GMT

Today was an amazing day. I recently relocated to a beautiful ranch 10 miles west of Sebastopol, we call it Madame Bijou's Ranch. Our landlord has over 200 hundred acres here, we are sooo blessed! The property is nothing short of epic. It's a few miles from the ocean, hilly and set deep in the redwood forests. There are cows, sheep, a llama, horses, wild turkeys, falcons, coyotes and turkey buzzards abundant..as well as a few mountain lions and bobcats, so i found. Oh yes, and then there's Madame Bijou, a large, beautiful 2 year old black and white Great Dane, who's home i am guest.

Since i moved here i have been taking hikes on this wonderous land almost daily. I've also been planting gardens, creating composts and really really grooving on the simple life. Today before my hike i got on tribe, fooled around..i clicked on Bobcat and Daisy's profile, looking for a new friend Prshanti and i ended up clicking on and joining a tribe dedicated to the jaguar and other large cats. I was calling in cat medicine, unconsciously.

I'm a mission oriented type of person, whether i hike, breathe, pray or play, i do it with intention. Today my intention was simply to find a rock. So Madame Bijou and i set out to find this rock. We hike over hills, into the forest, across streams and up into pastures where there are herds of cow graising. I've been working on communication and training of Bijou when on the pastures because she gets a real thrill chasing cows and the llama..which is amazing to watch, but upsetting to the animals. So after she got bored with being disiplined she went on a chase! Many yells and laughs later she comes back winded and proud. So i decide that we're going to walk the fence line back down to the gate, rather than cutting across the pasture, where she might hassle more cattle. As we're hiking down with fence to our right, we come upon a steep downward slope..old redwood remains scattered about, the bark jutting up out of the ground like stalagtites. It looked feral and ancient. To the left was a patch of redwoods creating a little forest grotto on the pasture hill. Bijou bounds down the steep hill ahead of me, excited and happy. As i'm making my way down the slope, i pass next to the forest grotto and suddenly i hear the loud roar of a large cat. It crept me out deep and primal, and i immediately drew my kukhri. Looking into the woods, i couldn't see it ..but i knew it could see me and it was upset that i was so close. I had to back away, stepping backwards down a steep hill, knife in hand and admittedley scared. Fortunately, Bijou was down the hill, down wind and had no idea what i had just dealt with.

On the way back home, crossing a stream, i found the rock i was looking for. Later i found out that the landlord has been hunting and trying to find the bobcats that have been hassling them. I'll never tell.

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* victoria **

dreamwalker — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:01:16 GMT

please, please pray send reiki, good intentions, what ever light ya got to my sister victoria curley wallach garrett and her husband noah. on sat'day 22 march.

she was diagnosed with luekemia (aml) a year and a half ago, and recently has had new luekemia cells in her marrow, her gall bladder removed, and recently hospitalized for problems breathing.

22 mar is a native american church ceremony in the bay area as a prayer for her life, her healing, her recovery, sadly she will not be able to attend her own ceremony due to the recent hospitalization.

in gratitude,

jaguar

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pray for the tigers

dreamwalker — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:44:48 GMT

meow,

i'm currently in india, and altho tigers are an internationally recognized endangered species, (bengals less than 1500 left in the wild) india still does not protect tigers from being hunted by "poachers" in "protected tiger sanctuaries, like tiger oasis. i purrsonally have been approached 5 times by necklace hawkers on the beaches here in goa to buy tigers teeth - when i told the seller it's illegal to kill tigers he said it was o.k. cuz the tiger came from the "parka" or protected sanctuary in english. also been offered tigers claws by the same sellers that still have the cat's fur on them.

please write letters/emails to your local indian consulates in the u.x.a and i'll find email addresses to write here in india.

"what would india be, historically & in the future without her majestic tigers?"
"what would our world be with all wild tigers predicted by scientists to be extinct by 2011???"
"what will you life be like knowing your children/grandchildren will know that tigers only exist in zoo's?"

viva tigre!

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what is a zoo's reason for existing????

dreamwalker — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:15:36 GMT

isn't a zoon supposed to protect endangered species from being killed by idiots with guns???

the old blame the predator for being a predator in the case of a human being killed by a ferious "wild" animal.seems to be o.k. for zoo's too!

a big f(*(*&k off to the denver zoo!!!!!!!

Denver Zookeeper Dies From Jaguar Attack
By CHASE SQUIRES (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
February 25, 2007 7:19 AM EST

DENVER - Police and zoo officials were investigating what led a 140-pound jaguar to maul a zookeeper to death in the doorway of its exhibit.

The cat was fatally shot when it approached emergency workers trying to save the woman, zoo officials said.

The zoo closed after Saturday's shooting. It planned to reopen Sunday, but the feline building was to remain closed, officials said.

"We are deeply saddened by this loss," zoo President and CEO Clayton Freiheit said in a statement. "This keeper was a part of our family and we too are grieving the loss of one of our own."

Zoo officials did not know how the attack occurred or what prompted it, spokeswoman Amy Sarno said.

Their investigation may center on how the jaguar encountered the zookeeper. Under zoo policy, staff cannot be in any large cat exhibit when the animal is there.

The zookeeper had undergone regular safety training for the exhibit, shadowed veteran keepers and attended mandatory safety meetings, officials said.

The jaguar, a 6-year-old male named Jorge, was shot by a zoo employee and the public was never at risk, according to the zoo. The cat had been at the Denver Zoo for nearly two years.

The zoo added a 16-month-old female jaguar named Caipora in December, according to its Web site. The female was to be paired with Jorge when she was old enough.

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On the Net:

Denver Zoo: http://www.denverzoo.org
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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more help needed for the florida panthers

dreamwalker — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:46:20 GMT

meow,

please help out our friends the panthers of the florida swamps, by signing the online petition.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/721420633?z00m=9438672

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Cats Love To play!

Roy — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:04:01 GMT

That's why those of us in the cat community are saving up our catnip and rolling up our yarn.

Meow, meow
not Dog, nor cow
in the dark i prowl
the arch rival of the owl........

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new big cat (not really!)

dreamwalker — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:29:43 GMT

thanks to all my friends who were so excited to tell me about the discovery of a new big cat!!!!!!

altho it's more a technicality, the clouded leopard on mainland indonesia, and the island of borneo have been with us for many many years.

the clouded leopard, viewable in purrson here in the uxa, if you have access to the san diego zoo. lives in indonesia.

recently "scientists" have used dna studies to determine that the clouded leopard that lives on the island of borneo, is a seperate species of the clouded leopard. i.e. there are 8 species of tigers, but they are all tigers!

the more interesting info for me is that the dna finding said that lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards asain snow leopards, and clouded leopards all share a common ancestor and are thought to be between 6 & 10 million years old.

hhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

how advanced was this little species call homo sapien then? oh, didn't exist yet. hehehehe

*** (Based on morphological evidence, British zoologist Reginald Pocock concluded that the jaguar was most closely related to the leopard.[16] However, DNA evidence is inconclusive and the position of the Jaguar relative to the other species varies between studies.[12][14][15][16] Fossils of extinct Panthera species, such as the European jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) and the American lion (Panthera atrox), show characteristics of both the lion and the jaguar.[16] Analysis of jaguar mitochondrial DNA has dated the species lineage to between 280,000 and 510,000 years ago, later than suggested by fossil records.[18] - boosted from wikipedia)

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j4GG13Z webpage rant

dreamwalker — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:35:26 GMT

since the site is down, and it's been ages since i've posted anyting here..................

ggggggggggggggggRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

can't find the file right here & now

so coming soon!

oh yeah,

PLEEZ DON'T POST THINGS UNLESS IT'S A CONSCIOUS EVENT, NO ADS, NO RECOMENDATIONS, JUST KEEP IT ALL CAT, ALL DAY, ALL NITE, ALL CAT!

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adopt an endangered animal

marjorievolin — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:23:31 GMT

i am so over everyone getting my little people stuff to just continue the mad consumerism. i've heard you can "adopt" an endangered animal. he's only 6, but i think it might be cooler to help a tiger than have a playstation - or am i being lame?

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r e S p e c t!

sacred-ashes — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:55:34 GMT

if your tempted to post anything, for even the most noblest of causes,

there are other places to post them,

this tribe is EXCLUSIVELY for ideas and information furthering protection and preservation of all the big cat (and little big cat) species!!!!!!!111

NOTHING ELSE, don't post book reviews, party flyers, aids marathons, etc.

only cats, got it???

RESPECT!

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the truth about california mountain lions

dreamwalker — Wed, 25 May 2005 07:27:08 GMT

http://www.topangaonline.com/nature/lionatk.html (there are endless statistics all saying about the same thing:

For example, in California, there were two fatal attacks in 1890 and 1909, and then no further attacks for 77 years, until 1986. From 1986 through 1995, ten verified attacks occurred, an average rate of one per year. That average rate has continued through 1999. Attacks are now numerous enough that there is a support group for attack victims, called California Lion Awareness (CLAW; Outside, 10/95). Since 1970 there has been an average of 14 cougar attacks per year on people in the entire U.S.

Mountain lion sightings have increased dramatically as well, from 59 in 1991 to over 300 in 1994 in California. However, because mountain lions are camouflage experts, and eyewitness sightings are notoriously inaccurate, perhaps 80% of all lion sightings are actually deer, bobcats, dogs, and even domestic cats. Part of any increase is also surely due to the heightened awareness of lions with the increase in attacks.

The reasons for the increase are unknown. Some think the increase in California was a consequence of the end of recreational hunting of mountain lions in 1972, and then the passage of Proposition 117 in 1990, which declared the cougar a "specially protected mammal". However, it is even hard to tie the timing of the increase in attacks in California to those events, and a similar increase in attacks has occurred in other states where recreational hunting is still allowed.

It is important to keep in mind that lion attacks are still extremely rare in California and nationally. For some reason, humans worry much more about rare dangers than about common dangers. For example, in California, from 1986 through 1998, exactly two people died from mountain lion attacks, whereas in one year alone, over 4,000 people died in traffic accidents, including 800 pedestrians. So we should be much more worried about meeting a dangerous car rather than a dangerous lion, but we aren't, because we are much more familiar with being in a car than we are with being around an uncaged mountain lion. Rationally, if one avoids hiking because of fear of mountain lions, one should also avoid driving in a car, or crossing a street as a pedestrian.

Another example: an average of several people per year die from recreational activities in the San Gabriel Mountains, yet no one has ever died from a cougar attack in the San Gabriel Mountains. You are probably much more likely to die from a misstep off a trail than from a mountain lion attack. So pay attention to where you are putting your feet rather than worrying about if there is a mountain lion about to pounce on you!

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freedom fighters, anti petroleros, rainforest activists

dreamwalker — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:46:43 GMT

heck this site, and please support them any way you can, this is soooooooooooooo important to our world here in ecuador!!!

www.sarayacu.com

site is english - spanish.

oil companies have blockaded all roads that lead to this community, so it?s very hard to get to them, but this is one of two of the most important ecological issues in the rainforest!!!

1. oil companies
2. loggers-slash & burn agriculture.

meow! (catspeak for viva!)

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solar jaguar locator

dreamwalker — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 23:00:41 GMT

i´ve made it to quito!

it´s a trip not understanding what people are saying to me!!!

hehehe

off to the jungle, & casa de jaguar (2 & 4 legged ones) in a day or two

meow!

j3

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Murder in Kansas

superamanda — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:47:02 GMT

MOUND VALLEY, Kan. Aug 18, 2005 — A Siberian tiger attacked and killed a teenage girl who was posing for photos at a family-run animal sanctuary Thursday in southeast Kansas, authorities said.

The Labette County Sheriff's office identified the victim as Haley R. Hilderbrand, 17, of Altamont. A statement from the office said Hilderbrand was at the Lost Creek Animal Sanctuary posing for photos with the 7-year-old tiger, which was being restrained by its handler, when the animal turned and attacked her.

Officers and handlers killed the animal. Emergency personnel were not able to revive Hilderbrand.

Doug Billingsly and his family opened the 80-acre sanctuary in 1994. According to the sanctuary's Web site, its animals include lions, leopards, tigers and bears. The site says the sanctuary has an affiliated Animal Entertainment Productions, which trains animals for stage performances, movies, television shows and magic shows.

Billingsly didn't immediately return a phone call for comment.

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hope yet, keep it up, write letters, pray, believe

dreamwalker — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 22:36:54 GMT

i tried to initiate a lawsuit against fish & game for the lives of the florida panthers, and no one came thru for me with the legal help i needed, so i just did what i do, but i was worried that it was too little too late.

now it looks like maybe things will change for OUR florida panthers!!! check this:

"Congratulations! Your financial contribution, support and activism over the past year have paid off.

Approximately 14 months ago, PEER and Andrew Eller, an 18-year USFWS biologist, filed a joint complaint accusing the agency of knowingly using flawed science in assessing the habitat and population of the endangered Florida panther. http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=361

As a result of your involvement (i.e. pressure on the agency), Andrew Eller and the Fish & Wildlife Service have reached an agreement—one day before the trial was to begin.

Nearly 4,000 petition signatures were generated, numerous letters to Members of Congress were written, thousands of dollars to the legal defense fund were donated and support of the work PEER does to protect those who protect the environment proved to tip the scale.

jaguar, take a bow, you’ve earned it…and we thank you! A victory for Andrew Eller is a huge win for not only the Florida Panther but also the many other scientists, resource professionals and law enforcement officers who strive for environmental ethics and government accountability.

meow!"

taken from peer (public employees for environmental responsibility) - http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=361

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You will cry when you read this! LONG LIVE LIONS!!!

superamanda — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:43:06 GMT

From the BBC

KIDNAPPED GIRL RESCUED BY LIONS
A pride of lions has rescued a girl from her kidnappers in rural south-west Ethiopia, according to police.

A 12-year-old girl was snatched by four men on her way home from school early in June.

A week later, kidnappers were moving her with police in pursuit when three lions encountered the group and chased the men off, local police said.

The lions stayed with the girl without harming her, before departing as police searching for her came near.

Sergeant Wondmu Wedaj told the media from Bita Genet, some 560 kilometres (348 miles) south-west of the capital, Addis Ababa, that they found the girl alive but shocked and terrified.

'Gift'

"They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest," the policeman said.

Serengeti Lion, BBC
The police did not know the sex of the lions

The girl told the police she had been beaten by her kidnappers, but no harm was done to her by the lions.

An Ethiopian wildlife expert said the lions may have spared the girl because her crying may have sounded like the mewing sound from a lion cub.

"Everyone thinks this is some kind of miracle, because normally the lions would attack people," Sergeant Wondimu added.

Four men have been caught by police.

The United Nations estimates abductions, which lead to marriage, are rife in rural areas where the majority of Ethiopians live.

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Fantastic Lynx news!

superamanda — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:28:02 GMT

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050607/ap_on_sc/lynx_comeback

mEWOW!!

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living in a time prophecied of....

dreamwalker — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:31:49 GMT

Remember what one Hopi Elder said...

Gather yourselves...
see who is in there with u.
Do u know where yer water comes from, yer food ?
The time of the lone wolf is over.
Banish the word struggle from yer vocabulary.
Do not take anything personally.
We are the ones we have been waiting for.

- Thomas Bancaya Oraibi Nation

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that's why they call him "chief

dreamwalker — Fri, 27 May 2005 20:28:16 GMT

“What is Man

Without the Beasts?

If All Beasts Were Gone,

Man Would Die a Great

Loneliness of Spirit.

For Whatever Happens

To the Beasts,

Also Happens to Man.

All Things are Connected. Whatever Befalls Earth,

Befalls the Sons of Earth.”

- Chief Seattle

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Canned Hunting: time to hunt the hunters

superamanda — Fri, 27 May 2005 07:36:59 GMT

www.enkosini.com/ CannedHunting.htm

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here come the hunter

dreamwalker — Wed, 25 May 2005 07:22:18 GMT

hehehe

open season on Mikal M, who THREATENED a tribe member/sister of mine, for posting a listing asking people to protest killing cali mountain lions for sport (which is a felony under anti-terrorist law, if the threat makes fear for your safety!)

so hehe this sks (russian ak47 copy) toting jerk off will be joining us for dinner, let him have it kitties!!!

meow!

j3

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J Ho Crosses the line

superamanda — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:14:52 GMT

Jennifer Lopez has been photographed in no less than THREE different Lynx coats. She really has no class.

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http:www.sacredjaguarfoundation.org v3.

dreamwalker — Wed, 11 May 2005 17:15:25 GMT

some new (minor) changes to the site. added atlavista language translator box to the front page.

new email addy:

jaguar3@sacredjaguarfoundation.org

several new links on friends page.

people to write to prevent california mountain lion hunting added to content page.

meows!

j3

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fight for our lynx's!!! kill corrupt agencies!

dreamwalker — Tue, 10 May 2005 04:51:36 GMT

Lynx Fur Flying: Political Meddling in Science

In December, 2001, the Washington Times ran a story about lynx biologists in Washington State. The story implied that a number of biologists, employees of the US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife had conspired to defraud the public by planting lynx hairs into a wide ranging habitat survey to back some sort of secret, illicit environmental agenda.

Before agency scientists had a chance to respond, a number of politicians jumped into the fray, demanding hearings, investigations and even termination of the scientists involved.

The biggest victim in this political quagmire has been the truth. A review of the record of this case demonstrates conclusively that this has been more a matter of political posturing than scientific wrongdoing. A number of key points have been obscured and should be illuminated ... read more >>>

Read the USDA's Lynx Investigative Report (in pdf)

Read the Region 1 Fish & Wildlife Service White Paper: "Management of Canada Lynx in the Cascades Geographic Areas of Oregon and Washington" (in pdf)

Read the White Paper Appendices (in pdf)

Call the FWS at 503-231-6188 for the full PDF report

Washington Times Proposed Mock Up of FSEEEA advertisement (in pdf)

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hey redneck, come pick a fight with me!!! Olga never turned to cattle as a source of food, even when trying to feed her hungry cubs.

dreamwalker — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:19:38 GMT

goodbye Olga, you were far too good for this world, i miss you mama kittie!!!

LEGENDARY SIBERIAN TIGER, OLGA, KILLED BY POACHERS

Olga, the first Siberian tiger ever fitted with a radio-collar, is dead, according to officials from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, who have been tracking the big cat for the past 13 years. The 14-year-old tiger, missing since January, is presumed killed by poachers who destroyed her radio collar.

Olga was the first animal captured by the staff of the Siberian Tiger Project, a cooperative research and conservation program between the Wildlife Conservation (WCS) and Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik. Radio-collared when she was just a year-old near the village of Terney, her movements and life history were closely monitored for much of her life. She spent her entire life in a 500-square kilometer (approximately 200 square-mile) swath of forest north of Terney in the Russian Far East, giving birth to six litters totaling at least 13 cubs, six of which survived.

Copyright John Goodrich“To our knowledge, Olga is the oldest, and the most intensively studied tiger in the world,” said Dale Miquelle, Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Russia Program, and one of the people who first radio-collared Olga. For many of us, Olga was a symbol of the tiger’s resilience and capacity to live side by side with humans. It was a privilege to be able to observe for such a long period, and it’s a shame that we could not have followed her longer to witness a more dignified death from old age.”

The collar that Olga wore transmitted a regular beeping signal that biologists used to track her movements. Since January, however, they have been unable to locate her signal despite extensive aerial and ground searches over an area of about 10,000 square kilometers (3,800 square miles).

Staff of the Siberian Tiger Project have documented many cases in which lost signals from radio collars are a result of poachers killing the tiger and then destroying the collar. If Olga has met this same fate, it is not an unusual one for tigers in the Russian Far East: of 23 deaths of tigers recorded by the WCS Siberian Tiger Project, 17 were killed by poachers.

“Olga has been living in the same place for 14 years and resident tigers don’t just pack up and move long distances,” reports WCS conservationist John Goodrich, Field Coordinator for the STP. “It’s unlikely that her collar failed. We’ve used about 100 radio-collars on tigers and bears during the life of the project and have only documented one premature collar failure.”

Olga was well known to people around the world, having been filmed for several international television documentaries, including National Geographic’s award winning “Tigers in the Snow,” and appearing in magazine and newspaper articles. Locally, she was also a type of celebrity, with news of her activities often appearing in the local newspaper of Terney, and talk of her whereabouts and activities a popular topic of conversation, especially among those who lived and worked in the forests where she lived.

A survey to assess numbers of tigers remaining in the Russian Far East, coordinated by WCS and many other governmental and non-governmental agencies, including AMUR, an Anglo-Russian charity that raises money to pay for the urgent work in the Russian Far East, is just being completed. However, it is too early to say just how many tigers remain. Nonetheless, tigers are considered extremely rare, and in danger of extinction throughout their range.

“Since we first radio-collared her in 1992, Olga lived largely outside of protected areas, in forests heavily used by hunters, and intensively grazed by cattle, said Dale Miquelle. “But for 13 years, she avoided contact with those hunters, and never turned to cattle as a source of food, even when trying to feed her hungry cubs. Her perseverance while other tigers were falling victim to poachers’ bullets symbolized the fight to save the world’s last Siberians, despite overwhelming odds.”

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fave website of the moment

dreamwalker — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:47:23 GMT

http://www.cloudedleopard.org/about.htm

check the interactive "cat" chart, teeth, eyes, etc.!!!

well done!

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1 jaguar trying to Sue U.S. to Recover our florida panthers

dreamwalker — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:38:21 GMT

can anyone help with this, looking for a lawyer's input, if ya know an environmental lawyer can you email me their info!

please, this cat has very little time left!

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Conservationists Sue U.S. to Recover Jaguars

dreamwalker — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:36:32 GMT

Press Release: July 21, 2003

Contacts:
Michael J. Robinson, 505-534-0360
Scotty Johnson, 520-623-9653 x 103

Non-profit organizations Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife today filed suit in federal court to ensure the return of North America’s largest cat, the jaguar, panthera onca.

Jaguars typically display a golden colored pelage with black rosettes that appear from afar as spots. In some jaguars, the entire pelt is black. The jaguar is highly adaptable and known to range widely and occupy a variety of different types of ecosystems, from tropical rainforests to grasslands, deserts, woodlands, and even high elevation mixed conifer forests of spruce and fir.

The litigation, targeting Interior Secretary Gale Norton and her Fish and Wildlife Service, seeks to jumpstart conservation actions through the timely creation of a recovery plan, six years after the jaguar was listed as an endangered species in the United States.

The suit also cites the failure of the Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for the jaguar. (just as they gave the florida panther's habititat away for developement, based on faulty & probably falsified studies, ensure THE EXTINCTION OF THE FLORIDA PANTHER! j3)

A recovery plan is an overarching planning document that takes into account how an animal or plant became imperiled and what steps are necessary to recover that species. Without a recovery plan, conservation measures may be piecemeal and inadequate to the task.

Killing of jaguars by the federal government and private individuals as well as human encroachment into jaguar habitat resulted in its extirpation from the U.S..

Heightened conservation measures are crucial to allowing jaguars to reclaim their ancestral territory before new border fences, roads and sprawling rural developments cut off migratory routes and prevent jaguars from re-establishing themselves in New Mexico and Arizona.

"Within one human lifetime this crowning jewel of American wildlife heritage has been eliminated from our wilderness" said Scotty Johnson of Defenders of Wildlife, chair of the interagency Jaguar Conservation Team outreach committee.

He added: "The American jaguar has many supporters. Wildlife advocates, scientists and ranchers work on its behalf. The cat reminds us of what we have lost and gives us hope with it’s return. The Service can help with this. It’s time for the Bush administration to stop de-funding recovery plans and provide funds to Fish and Wildlife to save this majestic American icon."

Michael J. Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity pointed to the potential for jaguars to thrive in New Mexico and Arizona’s Gila and Blue range, the latter of which was the locale where the last known wild female jaguar in this country was killed in 1963. (the year i was born!)

"We look forward to jaguars once again wandering the cottonwood and alder shaded canyons of the Gila, San Francisco and Blue Rivers," he said, adding: "Linking habitat in the U.S. to habitat in Mexico is the best strategy for ensuring that future generations will be able to thrill to the sight of a big paw print in the wet sand."

Prior to the 1997 listing of the jaguar as endangered in the U.S. – a result of a 1992 scientific petition by southern Arizona rural resident and biologist Anthony Povilitis, Ph.D., and 1996 follow-up litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity – the jaguar was listed as endangered only south of the U.S. - Mexico border.

The species had originally been placed on the federal endangered species list under authority of the 1969 predecessor to the modern (1973) Endangered Species Act, but it lost that protection north of the border in 1973 due to what the Fish and Wildlife Service termed a typographic "oversight."

In 1987, a jaguar that had been reported as living in southern Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains for over a year was shot. In 1992, rural Chiricahuas resident and biologist Anthony Povilitis, Ph.D., filed a scientific petition to again protect the species under the ESA, but the Fish and Wildlife Service did not act on that petition until the Center for Biological Diversity followed it up with litigation in 1996, leading to a listing the following year.

Populations of the jaguar in Mexico are now becoming fragmented and isolated, with each subpopulation successively succumbing to the pressures of habitat destruction and human persecution. This pattern mirrors the decline last century of the jaguar in the U.S..

However, there is hope: Conservationists are raising money to purchase land in Sonora, Mexico, approximately 120 miles south of Douglas, Arizona, that scientists say supports the northernmost extant jaguar population and the source of jaguars that are thought to roam in the U.S.. An estimated 75 - 100 of the big cats are thought to live in this region.

Jaguars sighted in the U.S in recent times are thought to be young males searching out new territories. Since 1996, three different jaguars in Arizona and New Mexico have been photographed near the border with Mexico.

The most recent U.S. jaguar photograph was taken in December, 2001, by a motion-operated camera set five miles north of the border. The Border Patrol plans to construct hundreds of miles of impermeable fifteen foot fences in that vicinity.

In historic times the jaguar roamed throughout the southern tier of states, and in prehistoric times it occupied almost all of the contiguous United States: Panthera onca remains from ten thousand years ago have been unearthed in New England.

Writer Peter Matthiessen, in his classic book Wildlife in America (1987), described the species’ range as established as far north as the Red River in Arkansas, and noted a credible report from the mountains of North Carolina in 1737. Several early accounts also mentioned jaguars and "tigers" in Louisiana, including the killing of one in 1886.

According to the late Vernon Bailey, one of the top mammalogists in the U.S. and chief field naturalist for the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey (predecessor to the Fish and Wildlife Service), jaguars were once common in southern and eastern Texas but by the time of his writing in 1905 had become extremely rare. Nevertheless, jaguars were still killed on the Great Plains of central Texas as late as 1947 and 1948.

In New Mexico, a jaguar was poisoned in the Datil Mountains north of the Gila in 1902. That same year and in 1903, according to Bailey, the New Mexico state game warden reported successive jaguar sightings in northeastern New Mexico on the Great Plains, accounts Bailey found credible (his 1931 book, Mammals of New Mexico, details these). Sightings were also reported along the Rio Grande in 1922, and a government predator hunter pursued with his dogs (but did not catch) a jaguar in the San Andres Mountains (in the vicinity of today’s White Sands Missile Range) in 1937.

Arizona has the best documented population of jaguars, with jaguars killed or documented in the state during each decade of the 20th century. Among them, a female with kittens was killed near the Grand Canyon during the winter of 1907/1908. Kittens were also captured alive in 1906 in the Chiricahua Mountains of southern Arizona after their mother was shot.

In 1919, C. Hart Merriam, the eminent mammalogist who founded and led the Biological Survey (and supervised Vernon Bailey), published an analysis of several accounts of jaguars from various locations in California, as far north as the Monterey Bay. The last known individual from California was killed near Palm Springs in 1860.

The Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 28, 1973 in order to conserve and recover threatened and endangered species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.

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