A rare jaguar roams Arizona. Border wall expansion imperils its future

After jaguar sightings in Arizona, concern grows about border wall’s impact on wildlife

A male jaguar has been spotted five times this summer on the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border near a 27-mile border wall project, reigniting debate over the issue of wildlife connectivity. Wildlife advocates are concerned that the new wall could trap the wandering male jaguar in the U.S. or keep other cats from dispersing north from the closest breeding populations in Mexico’s northwestern state of Sonora. ICYMI: There’s a jaguar here again …

A rare jaguar roams Arizona. Border wall expansion imperils its future

A rare sight was captured by a night-vision trail camera in July: a grown jaguar, roaming through southern Arizona.