MEXICO CITY, MEXICO — Some of the country’s most ambitious and successful wildlife traffickers are now in jail, officials announced. Mexico’s navy confirmed in a press conference that members of cartels dedicated to the trafficking of totoaba have been arrested and put in prison, effectively dismantling some of the main organized crime groups contributing to […]
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Mexican sanctuary prepares to re-wild endangered jaguar cubs
OXTOTIPAC, Mexico, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Lying on a shady patch of grass under the hot Mexico sun, Zazil, a female spotted jaguar stretches her limbs. Born in captivity, she is a top candidate to help boost wild populations of this magnificent, endangered species. Reino Animal, a sprawling animal conservation park some 56 kilometres (35 […]
Black Bear Cub Tortured to Death After Innocently Wandering into a Town to Find Water
This poor black bear cub was tortured to death after innocently wandering into a village in Mexico looking for water. The 4-month-old cub ended up in Castaños town, in the Mexican state of Coahuila, where the locals heartlessly tied the bear’s legs together, at it, and choked it to death, Mexico News Daily reported. Footage […]
Researchers unsure why Florida manatees are appearing in Mexico and Cuba
Several sightings of a manatee and her calf in a power plant intake canal near the Cuban town of Santa Cruz del Norte, about 33 miles (54 kilometers) east of Havana, occurred throughout the winter and spring of 2007. Manatees aren’t known to frequent the canals of Cuban power plants. This type of behavior is […]
Killer whale chases tourist boat off the Mexican coast
Tourists whoop with delight as a massive killer whale chases their boat through the Gulf of California. On February 20, the visitors were on a fishing expedition off the coast of Sinaloa, Mexico, when the orca came and chased their boat for several minutes. Beatriz Acevedo Tachna published the footage the next day on Twitter, […]
Jaguars in Mexico are growing in number, a promising sign that national conservation strategies are working
The jaguar population in Mexico increased by about 800 animals from 2010 to 2018, according to the first two censuses of the elusive carnivores ever conducted in the country. The news confirms that Mexico’s national strategy to protect jaguars is working, researchers reported recently in the journal PLOS One. “It was incredible to see jaguars […]
Terrifying moment shark breaks into diver’s cage as seven encircle helpless man
FOOTAGE of a man desperately fighting off sharks from entering his diving cage after the lock broke resurfaced online in a terrifying video that nearly cost the diver his life. A diver was forced to fight off a shark who tried to break into his cage after the lock on the door broke, forcing him […]
22 Mexican Wolf Pups Released into Wild to Avoid Extinction
A record number of 22 captive-born Mexican wolf pups have been released into the wild to be taken care of by surrogate wolf parents. During April and May, nine wolf pups were fostered in three different packs in eastern Arizona, and thirteen wolf pups were fostered in five packs in New Mexico. For six years, […]