This is the jaguar, known scientifically as the Panthera Onca. It is being killed off by hunters who sell the skin and fur of jaguars for large profit. It's habitat is also being destroyed, hunters are killing them just for fun, and farmers are killing them to protect their cattle. Jaguars can live on average for about 12 to 15 years, can weigh up to 300 pounds, and can grow six feet from head to tail.
They generally live in the Western Hemisphere, in places like Texas, Arizona, Southern California, New Mexico, and the rainforests of Central and South America. One of the largest populations of Jaguars lives in the Amazon Rainforest. Their habitats include swampy grasslands, tropical rainforests, and wet lowlands. They tend to live in areas with soft ground, and they don't like to be bothered by other organisms in their ecosystem due to their strong sense of territory.
Jaguars are carnivores, and they eat more than 80 different kinds of prey. This includes cattle, sheep, rodents, deer, birds, fish, and crocodiles, but they very rarely attack humans. The jaguar's main levels of consumption are secondary, tertiary, and quarternary.
Humans are the main killers of Jaguars, even though jaguars rarely, if ever, kill humans. Rainforests, the habitat of many jaguars, are rapidly being torn down to sell wood and build roads and farms. Unfortunately in this situation, the lives of the animals in these torn down rainforests aren't being taken into consideration. Another reason for the endangerment of jaguars is that farmers are killing them to protect thier cattle. Jaguars hunt livestock for food, so to prevent that from happening, farmers kill the jaguars. In addition, jaguars are being killed by hunters just for the fun of it. All of these events lead to jaguars being listed as an endangered species on March 28, 1972 in the Southwest.
Since then. official documents have been put in place to protect the existence of jaguars. Plans have been put in place to protect their habitats, stop poaching, and a recovery plan has been put in place to help the jaguar population grow again. Another plan that could help stop the killing of jaguars is to carry out the law stating that jaguars are not allowed to be hunted or killed for game or profit since people still don't follow this law. This would take a team effort from the USA, Central America, and South America to be effective.
They generally live in the Western Hemisphere, in places like Texas, Arizona, Southern California, New Mexico, and the rainforests of Central and South America. One of the largest populations of Jaguars lives in the Amazon Rainforest. Their habitats include swampy grasslands, tropical rainforests, and wet lowlands. They tend to live in areas with soft ground, and they don't like to be bothered by other organisms in their ecosystem due to their strong sense of territory.
Jaguars are carnivores, and they eat more than 80 different kinds of prey. This includes cattle, sheep, rodents, deer, birds, fish, and crocodiles, but they very rarely attack humans. The jaguar's main levels of consumption are secondary, tertiary, and quarternary.
Humans are the main killers of Jaguars, even though jaguars rarely, if ever, kill humans. Rainforests, the habitat of many jaguars, are rapidly being torn down to sell wood and build roads and farms. Unfortunately in this situation, the lives of the animals in these torn down rainforests aren't being taken into consideration. Another reason for the endangerment of jaguars is that farmers are killing them to protect thier cattle. Jaguars hunt livestock for food, so to prevent that from happening, farmers kill the jaguars. In addition, jaguars are being killed by hunters just for the fun of it. All of these events lead to jaguars being listed as an endangered species on March 28, 1972 in the Southwest.
Since then. official documents have been put in place to protect the existence of jaguars. Plans have been put in place to protect their habitats, stop poaching, and a recovery plan has been put in place to help the jaguar population grow again. Another plan that could help stop the killing of jaguars is to carry out the law stating that jaguars are not allowed to be hunted or killed for game or profit since people still don't follow this law. This would take a team effort from the USA, Central America, and South America to be effective.