Jaguar Research Paper

There are many programs and people out there to help endangered species such as the jaguar. Jaguars face the problem of habitat loss, poaching, and farmers killing them because the big cats hunted their livestock. All of these things put together are causing a rapid decrease in the Jaguars population. Going into further detail, the jaguar population has decreased a ton over the last few decades. In the mid 1800s, there were about 400,000 jaguars roaming around. In between the 1960s and 1970s, about 18,000 were killed each year. Around 1996, only 4 jaguars were seen in Arizona and New Mexico. Today, there are about 15,000 jaguars, although that may be changing due to habitat loss, being hunted, and being vulnerable when migrating due to their homes being destroyed. To start off, …show more content…
One of these places includes The Northern Jaguar in a safe and stable environment where illegal poachers and people who can harm their habitat are not able to go. Another program that dedicates it time to help not only jaguars but other endangered species is the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Although jaguars are not their first priority, they do focus on in preserving the homes of endangered species, which is one of the things that jaguars have been struggling with. In addition to the other two wildlife services, the Northern Jaguar Project also works to help jaguars in the southern U.S states. These people have about 55,040 acres of protected land for jaguars to safely roam. But, unlike some of the other sanctuaries, they go to communities around Southern Texas and Arizona and teach about jaguars, with the goal of helping the people gain a tolerance to them and to not be scared, just to stay away. These are three groups of wonderful people trying to help this species stay alive, although there are many, many more out there these are three of the more prominent