Photo of an Ocelot in the Huachuca Mountains
(May 2011) This photo was taken by two hunters' trail camera and subsequently given to Arizona Game and Fish Dept.
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5 Videos from Macho B Capture - AZ Game and Fish
Macho B, Arizona's only known long-term resident Jaguar in decades, was killed by Arizona Game and Fish after being captured and radio collared. After Game and Fish realized that something was wrong, Macho B was recaptured and euthanized. After an initial attempt to claim that the capture had nothing to do with Macho B's sudden bad health, it became clear that the stress of capture along with strong tranquilizers caused his subsequent death. Some believe that the euthanasia may not even have been necessary.
Macho B After Tranquilization
Macho B being processed after capture and tranquilization.
Macho B during capture (AZ Game and Fish)
The long-time Arizona resident jaguar nick-named Macho B in a leg snare. Notice the swollen foot, disturbed soil, and obliterated tree trunk. Macho B was in this snare for numerous hours fighting for his life.
Jaguar at El Aribabi, Sonora
2010 camera trap photo of jaguar just south of the Arizona/Sonora border.
Jaguar on Northern Jaguar Reserve
The Northern Jaguar Project preserves habitat for jaguars and other plants and animals. This jaguar's tracks I saw about 35 hours after they were made and followed them up a canyon for more than a mile.
Tracks of jaguar and young in mud of the Rio Bavispe
These fresh jaguar tracks were in the mud where a side canyon let out into the Rio Bavispe above the Yaqui/Aros confluence. The smaller tracks may be young!
New photo of same Ocelot in Huachuca Mountains
Today a new photo from May 26th, 2011 of an Ocelot in the Huachuca Mountains was released by the AZ Game and Fish Dept. The photo was given to AZGFD by two hunters who had set up an automated trail camera. The press release (attached here) says AZGFD will show the photo to biologists to determine if it is the same individual photographed on Feb. 8 of 2011.