FurBearers
Unlimited Inc has joined forces with the International Association of Fish and
Wildlife Agencies and other like minded organizations to provide the needed
funding to work toward the delisting of the Mexican Bobcat. The Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species (C.I.T.E.S.) has provided that the
Mexican bobcat be included on the Appendix II Species list. Many state wildlife
agencies and conservation organizations throughout the U.S. have made
the delisting of Mexican Bobcat
from the CITES and the Endangered Species Act a priority for many years.
The United States has proposed
delisting of the Mexican Bobcat to the CITES Animals Committee.
In the past science and data have had little to no effect on delisting
proposals. New criteria have been
established that places more importance to science and helps remove the
importance of emotional and political aspects from the process.
The U.S. is working closely with Mexico to de-list
the Mexican Bobcat.
This research project by
Federal and State agencies in Mexico to assert the population of the Mexican
Bobcat is neither
endangered
nor
threatened.
.