Good news #conservation and #biodiversity story from Mexico, jaguars are on the comeback.
Ceballos and his team from the National Alliance for Jaguar Conservation (ANCJ) thought there were maybe 1,000 jaguars across the country. They decided to carry out the country’s first census of the animal to find out exactly how many there were. They found 4,100.
“It was a great surprise, terrific news,” Ceballos said. “Obviously 4,000 means the species is still in danger of extinction, but 4,000 is a lot better than 1,000.”
Fast-forward 15 years and the news has got even better. The group’s latest census found that in 2024 there were 5,326 jaguars in Mexico, a 30% increase compared with 2010.
#mexico #mexico_amazing #mexico_maravilloso #ecology #jaguar
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/mexico-jaguar-numbers-rise-conservation-drive?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other