「生物多樣性研究中心」3日向鳳凰城美國聯邦地方法院提起訴訟，促使美國魚類暨野生物管理局（USFWS）對美國瀕危的美洲豹制定復育計畫，而且必須指定重要棲地。
「生物多樣性研究中心」的羅賓森（Michael Robinson）表示，「美洲豹看起來威力十足，但牠們其實是很害羞的，牠們藉著精巧的偽裝術，隱沒並潛藏在光影交錯的樹葉底下。」而經過了一個多世紀以來的捕獵，現在只在亞利桑那州南部和新墨西哥州可以發現到少數美洲豹的蹤影。
只要某個物種被政府確認為具有瀕臨絕種的危機，根據美國「瀕危物種法案」的相關規定，就必須制定復育計畫並且指定重要棲地。
羅賓森表示，「如果沒有復育計畫以及可供保護的棲地，美國美洲豹幾乎沒有生存的機會。」
The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit in federal district court in Phoenix Thursday to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a recovery plan and designate critical habitat for endangered jaguars in the United States.
"Jaguars are powerful but shy," said Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity. "They are retiring, elusive animals with exquisite camouflage for hiding in dappled sunlight or foliage. After more than a century of persecution, a few still survive in southern Arizona and New Mexico."
Recovery plans and critical habitat are required by the Endangered Species Act once a species is determined by the government to be endangered.
Robinson said, "Without a recovery plan and protected habitat, American jaguars just don't stand a chance."
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