, so does the prey for the cheetah. Genetic defects are also occurring with the cheetah because of a decreased gene pool. The prevention of hunting and captive breeding are actions that have been taken to save the cheetah. Captive breeding of the cheetah has been unsuccessful. Not even twenty-five percent of the adults bred more than once. The causes of the failure to breed the cheetah are being researched by organizations to try to save the cheetah.JaguarThe panthera onca or better known as the jaguar is one of the largest living cats in the world and the largest in North and South America. Together with the lion, the jaguar is the most numerous of the great cats. The jaguar is able to swim, run, and climb trees. A jaguar's hunting territory differs between males and females. A male's is about four to seven square miles, and the female's is about eight to eighty square miles.The jaguar's habitat includes tropical and subtropical forests, open woodland, swamps, desert, savanna, and mangroves. The habitat the jaguar prefers to live in is a densely forested area where water is accessible. The jaguar is found in Mexico and Central and South America. In the Amazon rain forest lies the largest remaining population of jaguars. The jaguar has greatly declined and is now extinct over much of its former range.The major threat to the jaguar has been hunting. People hunt the jaguar for fun and its skin. Like the cheetah, the jaguar's skin can be very profitable. In the 1960's, spotted skins were in great demand and more and more jaguars were killed. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora helped protect the jaguar by preventing the trade of it's skin. As more and more humans make their home on the jaguar's habitat, the jaguar is most often killed by farmers who protect their farm animals. Just destroying the jaguar's habitat helps force a decrease in their population. Small population...
