Death of the last American Wild Jaguar

mimitabby

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Tue Mar-10-09 06:56 PM
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Death of the last American Wild Jaguar

A couple of other people have already posted parts of this story. National Geographic crows that it's the oldest Jaguar ever collared, but what they didn't tell you is he's dead. Macho B was put down because he was in late stage kidney failure; normal for cats that age, but very sad because there aren't any more in the USA.

http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2009/03/only-known-wild-jaguar-in-us-dies.html

It will be hard for Jaguars or anything else without wings to migrate north from Mexico because of that Damned Wall that we are STILL building.

WRite your congressman, write to Pres. Obama. We can't have that wall there, it must be stopped and removed.

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Oregone

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Tue Mar-10-09 07:11 PM
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1. Maybe Ill import one of these things as a domestic pet

Itll keep my chimp company.

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alstephenson

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Tue Mar-10-09 07:16 PM
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2. I read that his kidney problems...

were exacerbated by the stress of the capture and caging. Sad.

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mimitabby

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Tue Mar-10-09 07:20 PM
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3. he wouldn't have lasted much longer anyway

16 is old for a Jaguar. But there aren't anymore! he was IT.

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