Center for Biological Diversity 48d ago

A remote Center camera in the Sky Islands of southern Arizona captured new video, released this week, of a rare jaguar moving through the area in March and April — along with a bear, a mountain lion, and other wild creatures. The jaguar, a male nicknamed Cinco, was first caught on camera in 2025. “Seeing this incredible jaguar is a powerful reminder that these great cats belong here,” said Russ McSpadden, our Southwest conservation advocate. “Tragically their northern range is being ripped apart by Trump’s border-wall construction, along with mining, groundwater depletion and climate-driven drought. A landscape this wild is too precious to sacrifice.” Jaguars are the world’s third-largest cats, after tigers and lions, and once lived as far west as the mountains of Southern California and as far east as Louisiana. ********************* About the Center: The Center for Biological Diversity is a 501c3 nonprofit headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. At the Center, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive. We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive. Where to find us: WEBSITE: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CenterForBioDiv FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CenterforBioDiv INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/centerforbiodiv TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@centerforbiodiv TAKE ACTION: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/action/alerts For questions or media inquiries, email us at center@biologicaldiversity.org.