Rare wild jaguar spotted just south of the border

The Sky Island Alliance (SIA) released today its first photographs of a northern jaguar in the Mexican State of Sonora. Three years into a conservationist-rancher partnership, a jaguar was photographed by a remote camera placed along an isolated canyon of the Sonoran Sky Islands. These are SIA's first photographs of this elusive cat, and were taken only thirty miles south of the US/Mexico border. "Northern jaguars are a reality and they want to stay" said Sky Island Alliance biologist Sergio Avila. "Jaguars don't recognize political boundaries; instead they choose robust prey populations, open space and safe corridors. This healthy feline represents our chance to recover this species in the region." Working in partnership with Mexican ranchers, the group seeks to protect wild felid habitat, allowing species to roam free in a network of conservation ranches...read more