and had already been converted to agricultural uses and roads had been built. Modern man has a need to thrive also. It is encouraging to me now that the problem has been identified, solutions are in the works. They are not cheap though and as we all know about modern economics--money rules any project. It is sad that the ocelot has suffered the fate that it has. I think that because the residents of this area had to do what they had to do to survive, the error is one of ignorance rather than malice. It is reassuring that everyone from the local farmers and ranchers to the federal government is now taking steps to allow the ocelot to coexist with the modern human society....