A stunning new video released Wednesday shows a glimpse of the only known wild jaguar currently living in the U.S.
The big cat, dubbed “El Jefe,” has been living an elusive life in Arizona, and has been photographed repeatedly by remote sensor cameras in the Santa Rita Mountains over the past few years. But he’s never been captured on video — until now.
Two conservation groups, Conservation CATalyst and the Center for Biological Diversity, released the video Wednesday, which shows El Jefe roaming just 25 miles outside of downtown Tucson.
The groups said they have determined that El Jefe is an “adult…
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