Jaguars not the cars
The Jaguar is often confused with another well known feline called the Leopard. Though both of these cats, have a similar brownish/yellow base fur colour which is distinctively marked with dark rosette markings. The jaguar can be distinguished by the presence of small dots or irregular shapes within the larger rosette markings, a more stocky and muscular body and a shorter tail. It is these magnificent beasts which have ruled the jungles of North and Latin America who are facing a very grim fate. They are facing possible extinction. An article in the New Scientist addresses this issue and illiterates a solution. Many countries such as Brazil have established National parks in which Jaguars populations as well as their habitat can be conserved. Such areas protect against poaching and other human related disturbances, allowing the species to thrive and survive changing their present grim destiny. In this essay we will explore more about this marvellous creature’s lifestyle, reasons for threats on its survival, and new techniques by conversationalists to maintain the species. Jaguars also known by their scientific name of Panthera onca once spanned from the southern states of the USA down to the tip of South America, now centres
In conclusion the jaguar can be saved by implementing a few of the following key actions. It is vital to maintain the bio diversity we have on this planet not just for ourselves but for the future generations to come. Such actions consist of forcing contractors to move their construction to a different place rather than a rain forests so that the jaguars may maintain their habitat. Scientists should be allowed to recreate these animals artificially by freezing sperm and embryos, and use such mechanisms in order to even the scales against human interference with the survival of these species. Though not a likely possibility if a specific police force was to be assembled to combat against illegal poaching complimented with severe punishments this menace could be controlled. The education system in most of these countries should also have specific programs to educate farmers as well as the new generation about these animals and how to live with them, not just that they are a threat to their lives. Instead of scaring students and farmers about the negative aspects and how to eliminate the cause for their loss in life stock. It is true what Bertrand russel said that "Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." (Bertrand Russell) As proven again and again jaguars do not attack humans or ambush prey they are hunters that who don’t necessarily consider the pros and cons of their next meal, they act upon instinct. Whether they choose a cattle or a lizard they should not be persecuted for their choices. For "Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious." Any endangered species, including the jaguar, has many different alternatives in which the government or a national group would have to be involved. There are several organizations that help the breeding and life of many species. One way of breeding a specific species would be to freeze sperm and embryos so that scientists may breed more of the species when they are close to extinction. (Sanderson et al 2002) Jaguars are part of the life cycle of many species. Killing jaguars for protection and furs are ruining other species that live in the same range as them. (Sanderson et al 2002) These cats are of no harm to human life, most deaths that jaguars have had a part in were to protect themselves from being killed. Many jaguars just disappear from the pressures of being killed. While the animal is trying to change habitats they have died. The rain forests that the jaguars inhabit are being torn down to open up lumbering, farming, livestock raising, and other activities carried out by humans. (Sanderson et al 2002) Killing a jaguar is taking away a life that is doing no harm to the eco-system. A jaguars' way of living is much like that of a human, yet you don't see jaguars killing humans for their skin. At the turn of the 19th century, about 4,000 jaguars a year were killed by hunters in Spanish-colonized Latin America; 2,000 jaguar pelts were shipped annually to Europe from Buenos Aires. (Sanderson et al 2002) In the 20 years following World War II, Peru exported almost 13,000 skins. As recently as the late 1960s, the number of jaguar pelts reaching U.S. commercial markets each year reached 15,000. Environmental scientist Norman Myers estimated that the international trade in spotted cat skins in the early '70s was worth $30 million. (Bergman 2000) It has now “…become a fashion cliché to link cats with beautiful women. As Catwoman in Batman Returns, Michelle Pfeiffer became the fantasy image of wild, feline sensuality. Spotted cat pelts have seemed especially sexy, and in the late '60s became a symbol of high fashion, with a top-quality jaguar coat fetching $20,000.” (Bergman, 2000 page 55) This exploitation and hunting in the commercial markets that finally led to the legal protection of jaguars. Bergerman (2000) found that In July 1975 the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species prohibited comme
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