Vallarta Botanical Garden Celebrates Month of the Jaguar

In collaboration with Panthera México and several local organizations the Vallarta Botanical Garden is a regional focal point for Mexico’s first-ever countrywide celebration of Mes del Jaguar.

On November 1, Garden staff and volunteers installed a visual exhibit on jaguars with stunning images and interpretive texts to learn from and inspire us to conserve the forests that these magnificent beasts depend upon. Photos and narrative explain jaguar’s spectacular strength agility and remarkable abilities in hunting, climbing, swimming and more – but also how threatened their forests and habitat corridors have become in recent years. The exhibition also illuminates the cultural importance of jaguars here in Mexico and especially the reverence that many indigenous peoples reserve for them.

The exhibition’s inaugural celebration is scheduled for Saturday, November 3 with fun-filled and informative activities for families, friends & individuals. This is an especially great time to meet and interact with artists and biologists involved in jaguar research, conservation, and awareness. The educational talk starting at 1:00 pm will include information about the Garden’s recently launched Jaguar Monitoring Programin collaboration with Panthera México, Alianza Jaguar / Proyecto Jaguar, and Viva Natura.

The Garden thanks these organizations and their hardworking staff and volunteers for their help in making this month-long celebration possible. A special thank-you also goes out from the Garden to the Oficina de Proyectos Culturales, contributing artists (Brewster Brockmann and Ernesto Paulsen), and to the sponsors of our jaguar monitoring and jaguar exhibition.

Source: Banderas News

 

Last Updated on 04/11/2018 by Puerto Vallarta Net

Last Updated on 04/11/2018 by Puerto Vallarta Net