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April 8, 2024

Ocelot Stockings Coming To Texas

During an event on March 19, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and East Foundation officially approved a Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement to aid in the recovery and reintroduction of the secretive ocelot to south Texas. This landmark agreement […]
December 2, 2021

Study Investigates TX Ocelot Reintroduction

A team a collaborators will study the viability of potential actions designed to reestablish a population of ocelots in South Texas to help increase their numbers in the U.S. The collaboration includes Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, […]
September 1, 2021

Ocelot Stronghold Gains Acreage

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), the largest protected area of natural habitat left in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, has recently gained 4,800 acres of additional coastal habitat, The Conservation Fund and U.S. Fish and […]
July 27, 2021

Roadkill Ocelot Could Be Father In The Future

Thanks to the efforts of scientists and veterinarians in multiple states and facilities, a wild Texas ocelot may have the opportunity to become a new kind of father – just months after his untimely accidental death. […]