WildEarth Guardians Seeks Endangered Species Listing Protection for 80 Remaining Texas Ocelots
February 04, 2021
February 04, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSRep) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release:
WildEarth Guardians has just petitioned for the listing of the Texas population of ocelot--the only existing population in the United States--under the Endangered Species Act, separate from the species as a whole. In recent years, the small population of ocelots found in Texas, estimated to be around 80 wild cats, has been separated from the larger populations in Mexico due to extensive development . . .
WildEarth Guardians has just petitioned for the listing of the Texas population of ocelot--the only existing population in the United States--under the Endangered Species Act, separate from the species as a whole. In recent years, the small population of ocelots found in Texas, estimated to be around 80 wild cats, has been separated from the larger populations in Mexico due to extensive development . . .