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  1. The Indian government is planning to introduce #immunocontraceptives as an experimental #population management tool for #leopards, particularly in areas with frequent human–leopard conflicts. For this, the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (@MoEFCC) plans to file a petition in the Supreme Court, requesting that the apex court lift its order so that experimental research can resume.
    #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #conservation #bigcat @ibca #environment

  2. The Indian government is planning to introduce #immunocontraceptives as an experimental #population management tool for #leopards, particularly in areas with frequent human–leopard conflicts. For this, the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (@MoEFCC) plans to file a petition in the Supreme Court, requesting that the apex court lift its order so that experimental research can resume.
    #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #conservation #bigcat @ibca #environment

  3. The Indian government is planning to introduce #immunocontraceptives as an experimental #population management tool for #leopards, particularly in areas with frequent human–leopard conflicts. For this, the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (@MoEFCC) plans to file a petition in the Supreme Court, requesting that the apex court lift its order so that experimental research can resume.
    #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #conservation #bigcat @ibca #environment

  4. The Indian government is planning to introduce #immunocontraceptives as an experimental #population management tool for #leopards, particularly in areas with frequent human–leopard conflicts. For this, the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (@MoEFCC) plans to file a petition in the Supreme Court, requesting that the apex court lift its order so that experimental research can resume.
    #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #conservation #bigcat @ibca #environment

  5. The Indian government is planning to introduce #immunocontraceptives as an experimental #population management tool for #leopards, particularly in areas with frequent human–leopard conflicts. For this, the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (@MoEFCC) plans to file a petition in the Supreme Court, requesting that the apex court lift its order so that experimental research can resume.
    #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #conservation #bigcat @ibca #environment

  6. India Safaris @indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com@indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com ·

    What Are the Best Wildlife Tours and Safari Experiences in India?

    A Complete Guide to India’s Top Jungle Safaris, National Parks, and Luxury Wildlife Adventures India is one of the most exciting wildlife destinations in the world. With dense forests, grasslands, wetlands, and mountains, the country offers extraordinary opportunities to witness rare animals in their natural habitats. From majestic Bengal tigers to one-horned rhinos and Asiatic lions, travelers come from across the globe for unforgettable India safari tours. But with more than 100 […]

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  7. Hydroelectric Dams Take a Toll on Jaguars, Tigers and Lions

    As reigning apex #predators of a variety of ecosystems, #bigcats like tigers, jaguars and lions are vital for ecosystem health. Yet forest loss for hydroelectric dam building is a real threat to these majestic big cats. Aside from depriving wildlife of a home, forest loss also contributes to #climatechange. It’s ironic then that hydroelectricity, which is being developed worldwide (especially in South American and Asian countries) as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels, is a big cause of deforestation. Alternative energy is important however shouldn’t come at the cost of species under threat. Better protections are urgently needed. #Boycott4Wildlife

    Often lauded as a saviour for the #environment and #climate, hydroelectric dams threaten #bigcats: #jaguars and #tigers 🐯🐅 Better protection of forests is needed to ensure endangered big #cats are protected #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9cr

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    Written by Tara Pirie, Postdoctoral Researcher, People and Wildlife Research Group, University of Reading. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

    Big cats are among the most widespread top predators on Earth. Lions stalk zebra in the African savanna, tigers ambush antelope in the forests of Asia and jaguars hunt deer in the jungles of South America. They play an important role in ecosystems by regulating the numbers of these herbivores, in turn, reducing the deterioration of vegetated habitats and maintaining species diversity.

    Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock

    Tigers, lions and jaguars must cover large areas to find food, so they need a lot of energy. As with many large carnivores, big cats are under threat from habitat loss, which leaves them with less to eat. Their spread-out populations and slow reproductive rates make them particularly vulnerable. While the habitats in which big cats live range from boreal forests at high latitudes to tropical rainforests at the equator, the causes of habitat loss are largely the same: logging for wood and fuel, plantations, farming and urbanisation.

    https://youtu.be/7VVv9oAtbVI

    Aside from depriving wildlife of a home, forest loss also contributes to climate change. It’s ironic then that hydroelectricity, which is being developed worldwide (especially in South American and Asian countries) as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels, is a big cause of deforestation.

    Building hydroelectric dams has caused extinctions and spread diseases in rivers globally, but the threat to ecosystems on land has largely been overlooked. In a recent study, researchers from China and Portugal investigated how existing and planned hydroelectric dams might affect two carnivores: the near-threatened jaguar (with an estimated global population of 173,000) and the endangered tiger (thought to number between 3,200 and 3,500 worldwide).

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    The distribution of jaguars and tigers has shrunk 50% and 93% respectively, but the researchers found that hydroelectric plants pose a substantial risk of further declines. They found 164 dams that already intersect the jaguar range and 421 dams that do the same for tigers. This equates to one in five tigers that are likely to be affected by dams, compared with one in 200 jaguars. Since tiger numbers are already so low, this could have a considerable influence on the population’s capacity to recover and may even result in local extinctions.

    A dam on the Narmada River in India, where the endangered Bengal tiger is native. Ankit K Sinha/Shutterstock

    Damning developments for big cats

    Large expanses of land are flooded to create reservoirs when building hydroelectric plants in low-lying, relatively flat areas. Although tigers and jaguars can and do swim, they mainly hunt species such as deer that live on land. Sites chosen for dams typically incorporate floodplains and areas along rivers that are important for both species, since they tend to contain lots of prey.

    The flooded area will force both predators and prey into surrounding areas. If the vegetation here can support the influx of herbivores, tigers and jaguars will probably persist. But if it cannot, the predators may be forced further afield in search of food, potentially drawing them into conflict with people who may kill them.

    Relatively pristine habitats are under threat. The number of hydroelectric dams is set to quadruple across the jaguar’s range with a further 429 planned, while 41 are expected where tigers roam. Aside from the direct loss of habitat, these new constructions can increase the presence of people in remote areas. Roads built to access new dam sites consequently open up areas that were previously impenetrable. Roads can be a barrier to some species and kill those that try to cross. Roads can also encourage new towns and villages, which divide the habitat further.

    A road in Brazil which drives deep into jaguar habitat. Ricardo de O. Lemos/Shutterstock

    Mitigating the damage

    Where dams exist, the researchers suggest habitat loss could be limited by incorporating the surroundings into a protected area with suitable enforcement. Any new dams, though, especially in conservation areas or areas where top predators prowl, should be avoided. Sadly, most of the dams planned in Asia overlap with significant portions of the tiger’s range.

    One way to mitigate the damage from building new hydroelectric plants may be to do it on slopes outside of areas that are crucial for conserving tigers and jaguars. The amount of flooded area needed to produce electricity from these plants when they’re on a slope is smaller compared to those built on lower ground, reducing the overall damage to the surrounding habitat. But impact assessments would need to confirm the plant wasn’t simply creating new issues elsewhere.

    Alternative sources of energy are important for a sustainable future, but their benefits should not come at a substantial cost to species already under threat.

    Craig Jones Wildlife Photography – A Bengal tiger drinking at a river

    Written by Tara Pirie, Postdoctoral Researcher, People and Wildlife Research Group, University of Reading. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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  9. Jaguars vs Cows: JBS Fuelling Biodiversity Collapse in Brazil’s Forests

    A damning Global Witness investigation exposes how JBS, the world’s largest meat company, is directly linked to deforestation in some of Brazil’s most biodiverse ecosystems, including the Amazon and Pantanal. Despite greenwashing promises, JBS continues sourcing cattle from ranchers involved in illegal deforestation in areas that overlap with protected jaguar territory—pushing iconic species like the jaguar closer to extinction. The company’s failure to track indirect suppliers undermines greenwashing and zero-deforestation claims. JBS is financed by British Bank Barclays who made a whopping $1.7 billion from this decimation of the environment. This scandal highlights the urgent need to divest your wealth from Barclays until they stop funding JBS. Also in the supermarket you can #BoycottMeat and be #vegan for not only farmed animals but also for wild animals like jaguars and countless others. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife

    #Meat giant 🥩☠️ #JBS is driving #deforestation in the #Amazon🐆 ❌ Jaguars are losing their home to cows killed for burgers 🤮💰 Billions in profits to #Barclays and zero accountability 📣 Divest NOW! NO to #BigCat #extinction! #Boycott4Wildlife #Vegan https://palmoildetectives.com/2026/01/21/jaguars-vs-cows-jbs-fuelling-biodiversity-collapse-in-brazils-forests/

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    Global Witness. (2024, May 15). Jaguars vs cows: The biodiversity crisis under JBS’s shadow. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/jaguars-vs-cows-the-biodiversity-crisis-under-jbs-shadow/

    A Global Witness investigation has found that jaguars, vital guardians of Amazonian ecosystems and critical apex predators — are under siege as Brazil’s forests are cleared at alarming rates. New findings from Global Witness show that over 27 million hectares of the jaguar’s historic habitat in Brazil have been razed for industrial agriculture, particularly cattle ranching, between 2014 and 2023.

    A single supplier to JBS, the world’s largest meat company, illegally cleared over 1,200 hectares of protected jaguar habitat in just a decade. Across the jaguar’s range in Pará and Mato Grosso states, 75% of farms linked to JBS’s supply chain broke environmental laws in the past five years. Deforestation and habitat fragmentation have devastated jaguar populations, classified as ‘Near Threatened’ on the IUCN Red List.

    Jaguars are a keystone species, crucial to maintaining ecosystem health. Their decline ripples throughout the Amazon and Cerrado, triggering wider biodiversity loss. Meanwhile, financial institutions in Europe, China, and the US continue backing JBS despite its environmental breaches, profiting while forests fall.

    With Brazil hosting COP30 this year, Global Witness is calling for world leaders to show real commitment. They must strengthen laws regulating supply chains and finance to protect remaining forests and Indigenous territories, or risk missing the 2030 deadline to halt deforestation.

    Without urgent action, jaguars — once revered as guardians of the rainforest — could vanish forever.

    The Global Witness investigation found over 27 million ha of jaguar habitat – an area larger than the UK – had been converted to agricultural land in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará as of 2023.

    “We decided to investigate the loss of jaguar habitat driven by industrial agriculture because jaguars are a keystone species. They play a crucial role in stabilising ecosystems and maintaining biodiversity in areas such as the Amazon and Cerrado. When their territories are destroyed, the entire ecosystem suffers,” said Marco Mantovani, a Global Witness investigator leading the data analysis.

    A road in Brazil which drives deep into jaguar habitat. Ricardo de O. Lemos/ShutterstockJaguar Panthera onca by Ecuadorian artist Juanchi PérezA jaguar in the jungle of southern Mexico. Mardoz/Shutterstock

    “Deforestation is a solvable issue, but it’s one where there is stalling, a lack of political will to actually meet the global agreement to end forest loss by 2030,” said Global Witness’s Reid, referring to the landmark pledge reached at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2021.

    She told Mongabay that she hopes that at COP30 countries will put forward plans “to actually deliver [on] their commitments when it comes to forest loss.”

    British banking giant Barclays was a main financier of the megaproject and made an extraordinary $1.7 billion from financing JBS, surpassing 30 other global financial institutions bankrolling the meatpacker. A key way to take action is to not only boycott meat in solidarity to cows and jaguars, but to also divest your funds from Barclays.

    Global Witness. (2024, May 15). Jaguars vs cows: The biodiversity crisis under JBS’s shadow. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/jaguars-vs-cows-the-biodiversity-crisis-under-jbs-shadow/

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  10. Good evening from Aurora and Lakota! ☀️🐅

    These two were playful and full of mischief today, taking turns climbing, balancing, and showing off their best big-cat gymnastics on their favorite log. Aurora brought the grace, Lakota brought the enthusiasm, and together they brought plenty of smiles to our day.

    We love seeing our rescued residents play, confident, and content to be themselves. 💛

    #TCWR #WhiteTiger #Sanctuarys #BigCat #Playtime #TurpentineCreek #GFAS

  11. Good evening from Aurora and Lakota! ☀️🐅

    These two were playful and full of mischief today, taking turns climbing, balancing, and showing off their best big-cat gymnastics on their favorite log. Aurora brought the grace, Lakota brought the enthusiasm, and together they brought plenty of smiles to our day.

    We love seeing our rescued residents play, confident, and content to be themselves. 💛

    #TCWR #WhiteTiger #Sanctuarys #BigCat #Playtime #TurpentineCreek #GFAS

  12. Beautiful Zuri Serval peeking out from behind her log. Is she waiting to spring out at the staff and interns who bring her breakfast OR is she HIDING FROM MONDAY?

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  13. It is almost mid-morning catnap time for Illithia Serval. She often catnaps under her Cool-A-Roo but has been spending more and more time perched on top of one of her dens, boulders, or logs, just watching everything going on around her.

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  14. GOOD MORNING from Aria Tiger!! She is waiting for the truck bringing breakfast to get close before she heads for the den area. Until then, she will enjoy lounging in the early morning sunshine.

    #aria #goodmorning #tiger #tigers #bigcats #cutecat #TCWR #TurpentineCreek #GFAS #GlobalFederationAnimalSanctuaries #RescueToRefuge #Sanctuary #BigCat #Cats #refuge