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Be a Jaguar Guardian

Providing safe passage for jaguars back into the U.S. is as easy as resolving human-wildlife conflict. Hmm... More >

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Gaining Ground

The Philadelphia Zoo and Defenders of Wildlife are teaming up to save jaguars. This is your chance to learn more about these amazing animals and discover how science, technology, ranchers in Mexico and U.S. citizens are coming together to protect them.

North America's largest cat is also its most endangered. Several promising initiatives are currently underway to address the issues facing jaguars, but a long road still lies ahead. Kim Lengel, Philadelphia Zoo vice president for conservation, Chris Waldron, assistant curator, Defenders of Wildlife national outreach director Marcia Lesky and Defenders' government relations associate Paul Todd invite you to join them for a detailed presentation of the Mexico Jaguar Project, a bi-national effort to protect jaguar habitat in Mexico and in the United States. You'll also be given an opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the field equipment used to monitor jaguar movements and introduced to a few of the ways you can work to protect jaguars in the wild, such as advocating for U.S.-Mexico border environmental protection and supporting the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act.

For more information or to register, contact Valerie Peckham at peckham.valerie@phillyzoo.org.