George Schaller quote

January 31, 2010 by swjags

www.gi.alaska.edu

“You can do the best science in the world but unless emotion is involved it’s not really very relevant. Conservation is based on emotion. It comes from the heart and one should never forget that.”

Alan Rabinowitz speaks out

January 25, 2010 by swjags

Yesterday’s NY Times carried an opinion piece from the Big Cat himself, Alan Rabinowitz. It’s not going to please a lot Read the rest of this entry »

Short follow-up

January 23, 2010 by swjags

Here’s a blip from today’s AZ Daily Star. I hope the people involved have good lawyers lined up in case this progresses. Read the rest of this entry »

AZGF response to IG’s report

January 23, 2010 by swjags

I can’t say that this really has anything of substance but this is what Arizona Game & Fish is saying about all the Macho B fallout. Read the rest of this entry »

A sad, sad story

January 22, 2010 by swjags
Snaring deliberate, and state lacked permits, US reports

As usual Tony Davis and Tim Stellar of the Az Daily Star have the best coverage of the jaguar’s saga in AZ. And things couldn’t be more dysfunctional and jacked up. Here’s the latest. I’ll have to ruminate on this a bit more. Read the rest of this entry »

More on Feds’ ruling

January 13, 2010 by swjags

Once again the Az Daily Star has the best reporting on the jaguar lawsuits and the USFWS decision. Here’s the latest Read the rest of this entry »

Habitat Reversal

January 12, 2010 by swjags

Hello jaguar junkies, Happy 2010. Here’s a blip (with more to come, no doubt) on today’s critical habitat Read the rest of this entry »

Interesting Macho B article

November 3, 2009 by swjags

The Arizona Daily Star keeps looking into Macho B’s story long after most media outlets have moved on to other tales Read the rest of this entry »

2 sad stories

October 19, 2009 by swjags

The AZ Star ran these two stories and I’m not sure if the worst part is the dysfunction, mistrust and generally Read the rest of this entry »

More legal wrangling over Macho B

September 25, 2009 by swjags

Well, it’s been so quiet lately that you just knew some dung was going to hit the fan and that has officially happened. Read the rest of this entry »