Federal recovery plan meant to help rare ocelots in Texas
September 11, 2016
LOS FRESNOS, Texas (AP, posted Sept. 10, 2016) – Stalking the thorn scrub in the night, searching for rats, rabbits and lizards, the ocelot – for all its surreptitious nocturnal ways – has nevertheless become an iconic animal in Texas and the world.
And now, more than 25 years after it was initiated, ocelot subspecies in Texas and Arizona finally have their own official federal recovery plan.
The Valley Morning Star (http://bit.ly/2ctzUnh) reports the Ocelot Recovery Plan may be the most in depth federal document ever compiled for an animal species, featuring the work of dozens of scientists a...
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