Today, the remaining few ocelots in the United States live in the thorny scrublands of south Texas, with a small number also barely hanging on in Mexico. Farms, ranches and suburban sprawl have chipped away ocelot habitat to almost nothing, leaving the surviving cats - and many other endangered creatures - stranded on a handful of private lands. Partnering with these landowners, and their neighbors, is critical to the ocelot's survival. Enter the Safe Harbor program. Safe Harbor is a smart, collaborative approach pioneered by Environmental Defense that brings together state and federal government officials - including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - with farmers, ranchers and other private landowners. In exchange for restoring habitat for the ocelot, landowners receive assurances that their restoration efforts will not subject their land to additional government regulation. Everyone wins- large new blocks of ocelot habitat are created and landowners are rewarded with various incentives. Environmental Defense is working with farmers and ranchers to restore native thornscrub by planting seedlings, the first step in ocelot recovery efforts. The near-term goal is to bring back about 5,000 acres of native vegetation so surviving cats have new habitat to raise future generations, offering new hope for ocelots. We have restored 800 acres so far, but there is still much more to be done. Your support for our ocelot recovery efforts will give further momentum to this creative, cooperative approach to wildlife conservation.
Ocelots are being used for fur coats and car seaat covers. there are only 2 ocelots living in the US and only being protected in the US
The ocelot is legally protected, but is in no immediate danger of extinction.
The ocelot is a protected species, and are not an endangered species.
Mainly to protect its habitat, and curtail skin hunting. But the ocelot is not an endangered species.
The ocelot has never been common in the U.S., most of the ones seen in this country are vagrants from Mexico. The ocelot is doing fairly well, not considered an endangered species.
Ocelots are not endangered species.
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Ocelots are not endangered except for a small population in the extreme southern United States. Elsewhere they are listed as a species of least concern.
it would disrupt the food chain, resulting in more consumption of other animals by predators who currently prey on the ocelot, and organisms which the ocelot feeds upon would have an increase in survival rates, resulting in a growth of population of them.
its not extinct and it not endangered it just is habitat is being destroyed and it could become endangered It isn't extinct but it IS endangered. In the 80's there were more concerns for the animal because it was being hunted for its fur. Now on the IUCN list its one of their least concerns. Their population is low in the US.
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You can touch an Ocelot but however , if the Ocelot feels threatened it may injure you.