AN EPIC ENDEAVOR TO SAVE THE JAGUAR CORRIDOR

Join Dr. Alan Rabinowitz and the scientists of Panthera as they embark on a race against time to secure the path of the jaguar from Mexico to Argentina

 
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“The Jaguar Corridor exists today because the jaguar shaped it and owned it, overcoming all obstacles that stood in its way. Although human beings are relative latecomers to the story of the jaguar, they are the crucial determinant in what comes next for the species.”
— Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, CEO, Panthera
 
 

 

About the Journey of the Jaguar

The jaguar’s ancient path through the Americas survives today as a network of protected areas and human-dominated landscapes. Sixteen years after he first identified this Jaguar Corridor, Panthera’s Dr. Alan Rabinowitz is embarking on an epic endeavor to secure its future. Over the next four years, he and Dr. Howard Quigley, head of Panthera’s Jaguar Program, will join Panthera scientists and partners on a deep dive into the 10 countries that comprise the Corridor’s backbone. Their journey will shine a light on the progress that’s been made in these places—as well as places where jaguars are most at risk—and explore the rich and enduring cultural connections to the Americas' largest cat. In a race against time, they’ll seek to move governments, communities, and businesses to take bold steps to save the jaguar and the incredible biodiversity depending on its survival.

 
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Scenes from the corridor

 

The Journey of the Jaguar begins in Arizona on the border with Mexico. The hope that jaguars might one day return naturally to the United States in meaningful numbers depends on securing the populations to the south—from Sonora’s desert landscapes to Jalisco.

 

Credit: Alex De Villa/Panthera

Dancers celebrate the jaguar in Culiacán, Sinaloa

Credit: Nature and Culture International México

A jaguar surveys the landscape in Reserva Monte Mojino, Alamos

Credit: Alex De Villa/Panthera

Jaguars in the U.S.? A border wall reduces their chances of recolonizing naturally.

 

 

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One of the biggest jaguars we captured and collared in Panthera's jaguar program in the Pantanal.  Some people do not like the idea of scientists collaring animals. It is intrusive.  But if done right, there is no injury to the animal and the information we get on movements, food habitats, interactions with other species, and dispersal is invaluable for protecting and conserving the jaguar.  Some scientists just keep on collaring animals, which is not necessary.  Once you get the data you need,  on different sex and age animals, you stop collaring.  We have other tools we can also use - cameras, genetics, tracking, to continue to study them.  Also, today we have breakaway collars that fall off the animals so you don't need to recapture.  #journeyofthejaguar #jaguarjourney @pantheracats #jaguars #bigcats #tracking
From the conservation master @alan_rabinowitz (@get_repost) ・・・ Jaguar dancers from Sinaloa, Mexico leaping like the jaguar does - showing strength, agility, beauty.  The jaguar culture and what it can teach is more threatened than the jaguar itself.  We must preserve the culture of the jaguar and the cultural corridor, that moves alongside the actual jaguar corridor.  We are trying to unravel the mysteries of both over the next three years. #journeyofthejaguar #jaguarjourney #jaguarcorridor #folklore #jaguars #bigcats @pantheracats
💙🐾💙Repost from @pantheracats And they’re off! Dr. Alan Rabinowitz (@alan_rabinowitz) and the scientists of Panthera are on an epic conservation adventure—the Journey of the Jaguar—and we’d love for you to join. Partner with us in this race against time to secure the jaguar’s ancient, 5,000-mile path stretching from Mexico to Argentina. This beautiful wild cat’s future—and that of the incredible biodiversity depending on its survival—is at stake. Check out our new site journeyofthejaguar.org [link in bio] to follow along! #journeyofthejaguar #jaguar #bigcat #wildcat #bigcatsofinstagram #wildlife #conservation #savebigcats #stoptrump #savetheanimals #savejaguars #savetheplanet
Yes | we should be teaching our kids to enjoy, respect and learn from nature... They need space to explore and discover... expand their soul and curiosity... space to break their boundaries... we need to teach them how to break their fears and listen to their inner guidance... we need to trust them... and respect the purity and wisdom of their nature... we need to be like a lioness teaching her cubs ... 🦁 #aiminghigh #likealioness #teachingmycubs #journeyofthejaguar #keybiscayne #naturephotography #natureconservancy #wildlifephotography #animalover #adventurelover #photooftheday #travelpgotography #underwaterphotography #becauseicare #takeresponsability #takeaction #raiseawareness
Jaguar dancers from Sinaloa, Mexico leaping like the jaguar does - showing strength, agility, beauty.  The jaguar culture and what it can teach is more threatened than the jaguar itself.  We must preserve the culture of the jaguar and the cultural corridor, that moves alongside the actual jaguar corridor.  We are trying to unravel the mysteries of both over the next three years. #journeyofthejaguar #jaguarjourney #jaguarcorridor #folklore #jaguars #bigcats @pantheracats
#Repost @alan_rabinowitz ・・・ I have seen jaguars do this frequently.  Looking up towards the sky, hearing or listening to something that I cannot discern.  Or maybe they are just thinking.  What I do know is that they want to survive as we do, and they have every right to.  In fact, if beauty, strength, cleverness and power were factors in this game of life, they would be ahead of us in the line.  #journeyofthejaguar #jaguarjourney #jaguars #bigcats @pantheracats @pantheramexico
What an incredible feeling of validation and accomplishment when I discovered the new species of deer, called by locals the "leaf deer", one of the smallest, most primitive deer in the world.  Those are the full sized antlers, and fang like canines.  The deer is social and frugivorous.  Discovered in far northern Myanmar, it was later also discovered in northeast India.  This is the same feeling of discovery I have now with Journey of the Jaguar.  Great stuff to come.  #journeyofthejaguar #jaguarjourney #jaguarcorridor #exploration #discovery @pantheracats
The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland area. located mostly within Brazili but extending into part of Bolivia and Paraguay. It encompasses an areas between 54,000 and 75,000 sq mi. with about 80% of the area submerged during the rainy sea.  During rainy season, free ranging cattle from ranches in the Pantanal find their way on pieces of dry land - and  sometimesbecome easy pickings for jaguar.  We will be going into this region in September during the third leg of our Journey of the Jaguar.  #journeyofthejaguar #jaguarjourney #jaguarcorridor #jaguars #bigcats @pantheracats
There is a new generation of children learning to respect and listen to animals more than ever before. This is a remote little school in the Pantanal of Brazil.  It is our job to make sure that our children have something left to love.  #journeyofthejaguar #jaguarjourney #jaguarcorridor @pantheracats.