Tribute to Macho B - Jaguars in Arizona

Macho B was the last known living wild jaguar in the United States of America. He passed away on the evening of March 1, 2009 in Arizona after a bungled accidental recapture. This video is a tribute to him and his great species.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• jaguar
• Arizona
• jaguars
• macho
• northern
• american
• endangered
• wildlife
• sonoran
• desert
• wild
• Mexico
• border

[rascalMatt17]

Jaguars would go a long ways to controlling the pig bomb that's occuring in the south.... however, jaguars are the third largest cat and would likely end up killing livestock or humans..... I don't think we should bring them to the US but if they come here on there own i'm fine with it. My brother was stationed at Ft Huachucka and one of his friends saw Jaguar in a dry river bed down there. That was 2009 i believe. MY bro himself saw a Puma on a hike out there !! Lucky !!

[waywardmuse]

Yes he was!  Thanks for watching and commenting

[Wawaweewaj]

Really I thought there were lots of jaguars in the US. Does this mean we lost the jaguars forever?

[waywardmuse]

Hopefully not.

[AZsbc2112]

Cool video-thx

[waywardmuse]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[sonbuhitsunei]

@rascalMatt17 I think we should bring them back - it is our responsibility to, as the ones who eradicated them in the first place. That they are dangerous to humans isn't an excuse for us to continue on this path. were humans to get their way, anything that could kill us would be rendered extinct in America...which means no bears, wolves, mountain lions, snakes, or even large herbivores...they were an integral part of the ecosystem-we have no right to say no-they were here first.:)

[bombarderoazul]

@3lior That's why i think wild jaguars should be caught and brought to parks in the united states, and a breeding program begun, so that a native population of jaguars can sustain itself in the united states.

[3lior]

@bombarderoazul back to AMERICA? Jaguars live in America from northern Mexico thru northern Argentina. I think you meant to say "brought back to the United States" America is a continent, not a country. Yes! Jaguars can be reintroduced to the U.S. but they wont last because they need a huge territory to move freely. The fence in the border not only affects Jaguars but small mammals, reptiles and other endangered species. An entire ecosystem affected by a man made wall.

[enchilada01]

I read that they where reports of these animals in the mountains north of los Angeles Ca

[USCisgay]

@Loshia2002 there is still a number of jaguars in new mexico, arizona, and texas..... the border fence only covers about 20 percent of the border

[Loshia2002]

@rascalMatt17 It'd be wonderful if they could come on their own but there's one veeerry slight problem....have you noticed there's a fence that stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico? We all know that it was built to prevent human" migration" but it's also quite effective of keeping jaguars from migrating too. Needless to say, the only way for this magnificent cat to make a comeback is for us to intervene and physically reintroduce them back into the wild ourselves. PERIOD.

[lochwharral]

@nick90690 Sure, in zoos! Wild Jaguars in the U.S. =0. Mexico has a small number of Jags in the north- central high desert region and a larger number in the Yucatan Peninsula.

[nick90690]

@lochwharral U crazy. There are still plenty of jaguars in Texas, Arizona and California.

[lochwharral]

The efforts to save the Jaguar within U.S. borders were WAY WAY too late! If they had acted 50 years ago they might have had a chance. This individual was the last wild Jaguar to exist on U.S. soil. Period!

[bombarderoazul]

Jaguars should be brought back to america, in the same way that wolves were reintroduced. Jaguars are native to america, they should be brought back.