Mammals
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.
Game and Fish worker is fired for alleged lying, cover-up in jaguar capture
The state fired a worker Friday for lying to federal investigators about the fact that the U.S.'s last known wild jaguar was lured to his capture and for concocting a cover-up story, officials said.
AZ Game and Fish Guilty of Intentional Capture of Jaguar Macho B
Half of this story is now being told - the intentional capture of Macho B by AZ Game and Fish.