When the Cat Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, met in San Diego in 2019 they were keen to identify fresh insights in jaguar conservation. Delayed due to COVID, the effort got back on track in 2023 and this winter its findings were published. It seemed like a good moment to check in with some of WCS’s leading jaguar conservationists to see how Latin America’s biggest cat is faring.   Read the IUCN Cat Specialist Group jaguar status report <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Wallace-16/publication/376984757_Estimating_species_distribution_changes_due_to_human_impacts_the_2020's_status_of_the_jaguar_in_South_America/links/659061e23c472d2e8ea037c6/Estimating-species-distribution-changes-due-to-human-impacts-the-2020s-status-of-the-jaguar-in-South-America.pdf">HERE</a>. Reporting: Nat Moss Guests: Esteban Payan, Rob Wallace, Mariana da Silva

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S4 E10: Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities for Jaguar Conservation

Welcome to the award-winning WCS Wild Audio podcast, where you will find reported audio stories covering the latest news and newsmakers from the Wildlife Conservation Society's global conservation program, zoos and aquarium, and their many conservation partners. www.wcs.org/wcs-wild-audioCreditsNat Moss: Executive Producer, Co-Host, ReporterHannah Kaplan: Associate Producer, Co-Host, ReporterDan Rosen: Web Producer, Co-Host, ReporterSocial MediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCSWildAudioInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wcswildaudio/X: https://twitter.com/WCSWildAudioThreads: https://www.threads.net/@wcswildaudio