NEWSLINK: Extremely rare jaguar spotted near Arizona mountains

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Jaguar roves near Rosemont mine site
Arizona Daily Star
The remote cameras have photographed the big cat in five locations on seven occasions since October. Three times, the federally financed remote cameras photographed the jaguar immediately west of the proposed Rosemont Mine site in the mountains ...
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Arizona jaguar? Photos show rare big cat near Tucson. Christian Science Monitor The Arizona Daily Star reports (http://bit.ly/12rLi2b ) that remote cameras have photographed the big cat in five locations in the Santa Rita Mountains' eastern flank on seven occasions since October. Those photos were taken for the U.S. Fish and ... See all stories on this topic »Photos show rare jaguar roams S. Ariz. mountains KOB.com Photos from remote cameras show a rare male jaguar roaming the Santa Rita Mountains in Southern Arizona. The Arizona Daily Star reports (http://bit.ly/12rLi2b ) the cameras have photographed the big cat in five locations on seven occasions since October. See all stories on this topic » Jaguar Journeys North To Arizona Global Animal Naturally, the jaguar's arrival in the U.S. has prompted a response in favor of preserving the species, but others believe the rare big cat doesn't warrant a state of urgency. Continue reading below to find out what the future holds for the nation's ... See all stories on this topic » Rare Jaguar Siting in Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains TIME According to a December press release on the federally-funded tracking project, the photos were captured using motion-sensor-activated trail cameras positioned in areas where the big cat was believed to be located. The federal agency began tracking the ... See all stories on this topic » This Is A Picture Of The Only Known Wild Jaguar In The US Houston Chronicle The new photos of a male jaguar in the Santa Rita mountains of Southern Arizona represent the first jaguar to be spotted in the United States since 2009, according to the Atlantic Wire, which noted that several grainy pictures of the big cat were ... See all stories on this topic » Endangered Male Jaguar Cruising Southern Arizona Phoenix New Times (blog) Big cat = big story. The last time any human was aware of a jaguar north of the U.S.-Mexico border was 2009, when a series of total fuckups by allegedly well-intentioned people led to the death of Macho B in southern Arizona. Macho B was 16 years old ... See all stories on this topic »

NEWSLINK: Who killed Macho B?

A snare is not complicated -- just a thin wire with a noose that, when triggered, closes over an animal's leg. The device in question was anchored to a mesquite tree near Peñasco Canyon in the remote Atascosa Mountains, about 20 miles west of Nogales and just north of the Mexican border. Trail cameras designed to monitor wildlife had recently taken photographs of a male jaguar in the area, and researchers found a likely footprint from one of the rare spotted cats.

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NEWSLINK: More on that Arizona mystery cat

Arizona Game and Fish Analyzing New Photo of Mystery Cat : The ... TUCSON, Ariz. - The Arizona Game and Fish Department is currently analyzing a recent trail camera photo of either a jaguar or an ocelot sighted southeast of ... Tail seen in photo was Ariz. jaguar's, 9 of 10 experts say Arizona Daily Star The mystery of the spotted cat is no more - it was, indeed, a jaguar that was seen in Southern Arizona last month, state game officials said Friday. After consulting with 10 outside experts and conducting its own analysis, the Game and Fish Department ...

SIGHTINGS (USA): Arizona mystery cat

Wildlife officials looking for big cat
Mohave Valley News
Wildlife officials looking for big cat. Neighbors convinced mountain lion is prowling in Fort Mohave. By RODD CAYTON/The Daily News. Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:27 AM MDT. FORT MOHAVE — A reported mountain lion sighting has state ...

NEWSLINK: More on the Arizona mystery spotted cat

Mystery Cat Spotted in Arizona | GoHUNTn
What is this cat? That is what the Arizona Game and Fish Department is wondering after just its tail and a bit of hind leg was captured on a trail camer.

SIGHTING: Trailcam jaguar in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. - The Arizona Game and Fish Department is currently analyzing a recent trail camera photo of either a jaguar or an ocelot sighted southeast of Tucson.

The photo includes only the tail and a small portion of a hind quarter of the animal, making positive identification more difficult. Game and Fish is now consulting with outside experts about the photo, taken Sept. 23 and submitted by a sportsman, to better identify the species.

"We have definitively determined that it is either a jaguar or an ocelot, but we need to do further analysis of the animal's spot patterns and size to try to positively identify which species it is," said Game and Fish Nongame Branch Chief Eric Gardner.

Four of the last five confirmed jaguar sightings in Arizona have been reported by hunters, who all took responsible action to document the animal and report it to Game and Fish. Sportsmen also provided Game and Fish with two sets of trail camera photos of an ocelot in the Huachuca Mountains in 2012. These hunters have provided biologists with critical information that may not otherwise be known, information that will help increase the understanding of these species' existence in the borderland area.

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NEWSLINK: Puma conservation exhibit in Arizona

New MNA exhibit in like a lion
Arizona Daily Sun
In Flagstaff and in Grand Canyon country, the big cats often grace brochures, the sides of shuttle buses and serve as mascots for environmental groups. Now, the Museum of Northern Arizona is putting focus on the apex predator with its new exhibit ...

In the light of the recent population explosion amongst the North American puma population, the US governments both regional and national are having to formulate strategies on how to deal with this newly re-emerged apex predators. Some, like these guys in Arizona, are doing better than others...