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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Group: Ike S., Jacob C., Richard W., Corey C., Aundrea S., Justin V., Nathan T.

13 comments:

  1. Jaguars
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/opinion/25rabinowitz.html

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  2. Hello Everyone-
    My name is Andrea S. Jaguars have not been able to reestablish themselves naturally over the past century, the government will likely have to go to significant expense to attempt to bring them back especially if the cats have to be reintroduced. I don’t think that we should force the jaguar to live in this country when it is not their natural habitat. Therefore I agree with this article when it says, rather than demand jaguars return to our country, we should help Mexico and other jaguar-range countries conserve the animals’ true habitat. I don’t think they should spend tons of money on this. If they want to return they will, we shouldn’t force them.

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  3. Hello Group,
    My name is Justin Vincent, and I am majoring in business management and entrepreneurship.
    Our blog is focused on jaguars, the largest wild cat that is in North America, but also found in central and South America. Jaguars are the least studied cat-species of all, because it is rare to find them in their natural habitat. They are loner-type animals that only get together to mate, when they are around three years old. Adult jaguars weigh between 200-250lbs, and hunt a wide variety of animals including, deer, pigs, sloth, fish, and alligator.
    Back in the Maya civilizations, jaguars were seen as being able to communicate between the living and the dead, therefore becoming “their companions in the spiritual world.” Many of the people in the Maya civilizations had names that included jaguar in them; this is because jaguars represented strength, power, royalty, and bravery. All this is true to the Aztec civilization as well.
    Now these once worshiped and praised animals are running close to extinction because of human interference. One of the ways that the jaguars’ population has been depleted is deforestation of their environment for mining and timber. People have also hunted them for their pelts, and protection of their crops.

    Reference:
    "Jaguar." Bluelion.org: Extinct and Extant Wildlife. Web. 08 Feb. 2010. .

    Justin V.

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  4. Hello my name is Richard Woodring, Hoping to leave with a business management degree. Looking at the article It doesn't appear that the jaguars are in need of our assistance. So much reasearch as the article suchs has to done to prove the jaguars have not taken any type of refuge within the United States. Giving un-needed aid to the jaguars as a political move takes away money and time that could be effectivly spent on animals who actually have suitable habitats within the United States. I refuse to believe the third time should have been the charm in this issue. There are several other animals who actually do use the climate of the United States as a suitable living environment and need continued help in order to survive. This is just my opinion on the issue.

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  5. Hello everyone my name is Jacob C. and I’m majoring in psychology. As I was reading this article I was asking myself why, why would the U.S relocate these animals into an environment that they are not naturally born to? I do agree with this article in many ways. I think that it would be a waste of money and time. I do believe that it would be good to try to repopulate Jaguars but not in our own country. Possibly we could help repopulate these animals in a more suitable environment elsewhere.

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  6. Hello everyone my name is Jacob C. and I’m majoring in psychology.
    This post will be pointed out to Andrea S and Richard W. In Andreas post she said “I don’t think that we should force the jaguar to live in this country when it is not their natural habitat.” This is one of the main quotes that I really thought agreed with what I was saying. There would be no point to relocate these animals into an environment which they are not naturally born to. In Richards post he said “Giving un-needed aid to the jaguars as a political move takes away money and time that could be effectivly spent on animals who actually have suitable habitats within the United States.” This is another quote that I thought agreed with what I was saying. I think that this idea would be a waste of time and money. With the money that we would be spending moving these animals into a manmade environment could be used to a much better cause and for other animals within our nature.
    There are no questions that need to be answered but if anyone has any I would be happy to help.
    Thanks
    JC

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  7. Hello everyone, I want to touch on the issue that Jacob and Richard brought up on the fact that the U.S. should not be setting up reservations for jaguars. Although jaguars mostly live in South America and Mexico, they also live in the southern part of the U.S.A. Setting up reservations in the U.S. is not a bad idea, as long as they keep them close to the southern states. Jaguars live in warmer climates, but have adapted overtime to not depend on the warmer climates, due to the fact that they are constantly moving their habitats. Deforestation drove them in to the U.S. in the early 1900’s, so they are capable of surviving here.


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    Justin V.

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  8. Hello All, According to National Geographic.com today significant numbers of jaguars are found only in remote regions of South and Central America—particularly in the Amazon basin. If the jaguar wanted to live here they would, we dont need to waste money to force them here. I agree with Jacob C. when he said "I think that it would be a waste of money and time. I do believe that it would be good to try to repopulate Jaguars but not in our own country." I also think that it would be a waste of time and money. It would cost huge amounts of money to repopulate the Jaguars here, and I just think there are better things to spend that money on. I also agree with Richard W. when he says "There are several other animals who actually do use the climate of the United States as a suitable living environment and need continued help in order to survive." I agree with this 100% instead of using that money on the jaguars we should use the money to help animals that are here in the United States that need our help to survive.
    Thanks, Andrea S.

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  9. I'm not saying we shouldn't try to provide a home for jaguars if needed. However the article mentions doing several test and even setting up cameras to try to catch jaguar population in the area. They are never able to actually see any jagaurs in the areas where the testing is being done. If we are able to find a large amount of jaguar population then by all means spend some money to make a suitable living area for the jaguar. But it seems like there trying to hard to find somthing thats really not there. Money is being wasted in the process.

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  10. Hello All, I have to say I agree with Jacob C. when he said "I think that this idea would be a waste of time and money. With the money that we would be spending moving these animals into a manmade environment could be used to a much better cause and for other animals within our nature." I totally agree I think it would be a huge waste of money. We could be using that money on helping other animals that truly need our help. I also agree with Richard W. when he said " They are never able see any jagaurs in the areas where the testing is being done. If we are able to find a large amount of jaguar population then by all means spend some money to make a suitable living area for the jaguar." I also agree with this if their were proof that the jaguars were here then I think it would be okay to spend money on it however, they have never seen any jaguars while they have been doing test. So therefore, I agree it would be a waste of money. Here is a blog about jaguars that caught my attention http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jan/27/endangeredspecies.usa, in this blog it says how the US is building a wall along the border to keep out immigrants but, by doing so they have stopped jaguars from crossing the border and entering the US. It also talks about how jaguars were once common across the southern United States,as well as in Central and South America but were wiped out in the US in the sixties. The last animal was shot in 1963. In other countries it has clung on, but numbers have begun to decline dramatically in recent years. I found this information was very interesting. I still think it would be a waste of money to help bring the jagaurs back to the US and I think we should use the money to help other animals.

    Thanks, Andrea S.

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  11. Hello Group,
    According to the Endangered Species Act (E.S.A), Jaguars were added to the endangered species list in the United States in 2009. Although argued that jaguars do not have natural habitats in the U.S., they actually do, and have been recorded here for many years. A common misconception about jaguars are that they are strictly a hot-climate, rain forest cat, but they actually live in swamps, pampas grass-lands and mountain areas as well. Jaguars have habitats in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Jaguars also eat pretty much anything it can catch, ranging from fish, to deer, to monkeys. Therefore they do not rely on the rain forests for habitat.
    Everyone in the group has argued that the U.S. is not a natural habitat for jaguars, although they are not as heavily populated here, there is still enough of them to consider the southern states as a habitat for them. Therefore, the money that is being spent on their reservations and tests should continue going to the organizations conducting them. Due to the destruction of their habitats in south America and Mexico, the reservations in the U.S. could be the last hope for them.

    Thanks,
    Justin V.

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  12. Hello everyone I’m Jacob C.
    I would like to point out what Justin said, it would not be such a bad idea to set up reservations in the southern U.S but as we can see the jaguars continue to move south into a different area. Also id like to comment on what Richard had said, if and only if these jaguars were found in our country with a decent population there then I would consider creating more habitats for them there but not somewhere outside our country.
    Here is a article that I found interesting and I think that the group should read up on it a little bit. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ASV/is_3_28/ai_105619068/
    In this article it states that using an ecological study using the capture and radio-collaring of jaguars to monitor their movements would provide crucial information in which where they are moving. If these results came back and they started to notice that the jaguars were moving north into the southern U.S then I would only consider repopulating them in our country but if not then like I said before I do believe that it would be a waste of time and money, I’m sure everyone can agree on that.
    JC

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  13. Hi all Richard W. here,

    After reading the article jacob posted about the collars being used to track the jaguars I find that too be a great idea. This would allow the money being spent to actually be spent in a effective manner. I believe this goes back to what Justin Vincent said. We should not completly erase the jaquars from our minds but I do believe using the techonlogy provided in the article by Jacob C. we would be able to effectivly use the money being spent on the program.

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