Ex-situ Propagation, Wilding and Reintroduction of Ocelots in South Texas, USA

To support ocelot recovery efforts in the United States, a coalition of private landowners, academic institutions, state and federal governments, and zoological entities established a program to reintroduce a wild population of ocelots to a part of their historic range in southern Texas. This article summarizes the program.  Over the next 10–20 years, our goal is to establish a new, sustainable, and ecologically viable population to support Texas ocelot recovery.

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