Last Known Wild Jaguar in the U.S. Dies

No more wild jaguars in the U.S.? That SUCKS.

Jaguars were declared endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1997 but the Bush administration has done nothing to recover the species nor protect its habitat. On Monday, the Center for Biological Diversity argued in federal court in Tucson that the Bush administration's refusal to develop a recovery plan or designate critical habitat for endangered jaguars was illegal and should be reversed.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service argues that it doesn't need to protect the jaguar because it's too endangered. Because the jaguar's U.S. numbers have shrunk to near nothing, the agency argues it's too small to protect. Uhhh okaaaay ... that makes sense.

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