Memorial service for euthanized jaguar

A service in memory of jaguar Macho B will double as an appeal for better protection for other jaguars in the United States. The service will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday outside the offices of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 201 N. Bonita Ave., Suite 141, in Tucson. Macho B's death came as a blow to scientists who had hoped to learn more about the species by tracking him. No jaguar besides Macho B had been seen in the U.S. for the last 10 years. The Center for Biological Diversity hopes the service will provide an outlet for people to reflect on the loss of Macho B and push for increased protection of jaguars as an endangered species, according to a press release...azcentral

From the CBD press release:

"...By speaking out for Macho after he is gone, we fervently hope that our mountains and deserts can still be home to his kin for decades and centuries into the future,” said Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity. The event will allow people to share their thoughts and feelings about the much-photographed Macho B, along with their wishes for a new presidential administration to right the many wrongs committed against American jaguars before it is too late. “Secretary Salazar has an opportunity to correct past wrongs done to Macho B and other jaguars by the Bush administration,” said Robinson. The public is invited to bring written expressions of support for protection of critical habitat for jaguars and for development of a long-delayed jaguar recovery plan. These, along with other pleas for the defense of jaguars and the conservation of their wild homelands in the Southwest, can be addressed to the new Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar. The public prayers and petitions will be handed to local Fish and Wildlife Service officials at the conclusion of the services. Participants are also encouraged to bring signs to express their regret over the loss of Macho B...

One has to wonder if they are mourning the death of the jaguar, or more likely, the loss of their stalking horse for critical habitat.

These are the same folks who want to bury every public lands rancher in the southwest. Then they'll go after the remnant on private land. They are looking forward to more memorial services.