"The roar of the female jaguar can be heard throughout the Yagul Jaguar Sanctuary conservation, preservation, and rescue center in Oaxaca, and even further afield, in the nearby town of Tlacolula de Matamoros, about 20 miles east of the state capital. It's the sound of a mother trying to protect her one-month-old cub. Little Yazu is the first cub born under the center's Mexican jaguar breeding and conservation program, which aims to preserve the species."
"Although the numbers in Mexico are encouraging, jaguars continue to face threats such as habitat loss due to forest fires, climate change and poaching. According to the latest census conducted by the National Jaguar Conservation Alliance, 5,300 individuals have been counted in the corridor stretching from Sonora and Nuevo Leon to the Yucatan Peninsula in 2025. In 2008, when the first count was conducted, the number of pantheras onca (their scientific name) was estimated at 4,000."
"For this reason, the Yagul Sanctuary decided to create the Jaguar Genetic Bank to preserve the Mexican panthera onca. According to Victor Rosas Vigil, director of the Jaguars in the Jungle Foundation, conservationists have begun taking genetic samples to determine the lineage of the specimens at the sanctuary, which were rescued by the Federal Attorney's Office for Environmental Protection (Profepa) and the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (Conanp)."
The Yagul Jaguar Sanctuary in Oaxaca houses a female jaguar protecting her one-month-old cub, Little Yazu, the first cub born under the Mexican jaguar breeding and conservation program. The program aims to preserve panthera onca amid threats from habitat loss due to forest fires, climate change and poaching. A 2025 census counted 5,300 individuals across a corridor from Sonora and Nuevo Leon to the Yucatan, up from about 4,000 in 2008. The sanctuary created a Jaguar Genetic Bank; conservationists are collecting genetic samples from specimens rescued by Profepa and Conanp to analyze and preserve lineage and support targeted breeding, rescue, rewilding and community conservation.
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