| the role of landowners in jaguar conservation in sonora, mexico. | the northernmost known breeding population of jaguars occurs in the municipality of nácori chico, sonora, mexico about 270 km from the united states-mexico border and may be the source from which jaguars sighted in the united states dispersed. since 1999 at least 11 jaguars (panthera onca) had been illegally killed in the area due to predator control programs. we initiated a jaguar landowner-based conservation plan in 2004. the eight participating landowners agreed to suspend predator control pr ... | 2010 | 20136872 |