ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 12月9日 05時27分

@ナショナルジオグラフィック photo by @stevewinterphoto in the December issue of @ナショナルジオグラフィック

Here is a mom and her cubs along the bank of a river, just after they swam across, now mom is cleaning them.
Not too long ago an image with mom and cubs or just a jaguar cub was impossible to see. This animal behavior is so similar in many ways to us as humans! Cleaning and protecting their young! Our animal family is so much like us - they find mates, they have kids, they have to feed themselves and their families. If we can find a way to believe they think, feel and have emotions, we need to treat them better and find a way to ensure their future on this planet. They are keystone species in their ecosystems, though we as humans are not.

My @ナショナルジオグラフィック jaguar story came out in this December 2017 issue of National Geographic Magazine! and LOOK for our @NatGeowild Big Cat Week show which premiers on Dec 10th @ 9PM, filmed with the amazing @bertiegregory.

Jaguars are the 3rd largest of the big cats. Found from US / Mexico border to northern Argentina. Jaguars have rebounded in this area where 95% of the land is privately owned. In the past many ranchers would kill the cats when they ate their cattle. Today in this area tourism brings in much more money to the local economy than cattle ranching. So the jaguar population is increasing. But revenge killings of jaguars happen close to this area and all throughout the jaguars range. Also poaching for skins, bones and teeth is growing for the first time since the 1970’s to feed the demand for people who think they receive the “power of the jaguar through their teeth”, Chinese Traditional Medicine and now Luxury items from endangered species. “When the buying stops, the killing can too.” @wildaid @bertiegregory

My first story with big cats was the 1st @ナショナルジオグラフィック Jaguar story 20 years ago! It has changed my life working with the magical and magnificent cats of the world. Animals have emotions just like we have.

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