Last year the only known wild jaguar in the United States was captured in a trap and euthanized by Arizona Wildlife authorities. The death of this big cat, called Macho-B, triggered a federal investigation that found violations of the procedures that are meant to protect endangered species.
But at the heart of this case are a number of federal wildlife protections that were tossed out in favor of the Secure Fence Act. In this edition of the This American Land we take look at the ecological impact of a 600-mile barrier along the Mexican boarder. Ostensibly to keep immigrants from illegally entering the U.S. this border fence is also preventing the migration of several animal species.
Our jaguars here depend on a source population in Mexico that are dispersing up to the United States looking for habitat, looking for mates, looking to establish new territories, said Randy Serraglio of the Center for Biological Diversity. And if they cant get through that border wall, theyre not gonna come here.
@eyvb5w3 SO SAD BUT SO TRUE
TheCayucosman48 12 hours ago
Macho B is dead...there is no more place for this kind of wild animals in the XXI century..
this is the end of biodiversity.in the near future we won't a chance to see tigers ,jaguars , elefants , polar bears , great white sharks in the wild , just billions of cattles to feed 10000000000 poeple in poverty.....what a pity .
eyvb5w3 1 year ago