Richard Mahler's book "Jaguar's shadow" looks at the modern day Jaguar and it's battle to survive in a habitat that is increasingly under attack in Mexico and Central America. The Jaguar is the most difficult of the big cats to observe in the wild and Mr Mahler does his best in his travels to meso-America. He particularly talks about the plight of the jaguars in Belize and how migrants from other countries wantonly go into the jungles and cut up the important foliage and dense undergrowth the Jaguar needs to survive.
the spiritual importance this animal has had with Mayan cultures over the centuries is explained and it is a shame that this mammal may have a similar outcome of the great Mayan civilization that once ruled. He also mentions how the Jaguar has been hunted extensively through the years mostly by elite Yankees from America such as the great president of slaughter teddy fucking Roosevelt. The unauthorized hunting still goes on to this day especially in the South American countries. Mahler goes all over in wildlife refuges including way to the Southern tip of Argentina. He doesn't have far to go though as early in the book he talks about recent sightings in the American Southwest. this book is a comprehensive study of the Jaguar from this author and the various researchers and trackers he runs into on his adventures into the shrinking habitat of the Jaguar. No other cat imprisoned in zoos is more affected and has behavior altered for the worse than the Jaguar and Mahler makes the case that these sanctuaries and zoos need to leave this mammal alone.
This cat can catch your head and squeeze and pop your brain quicker than you can fucking sneeze. it needs to be respected and adored and the best way to do that is to leave it be.
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