Jaguars require vast, connected landscapes to survive, and corridor conservation projects are working to link fragmented populations across Central and South America.
Jaguars confined to small isolated forest fragments face a welfare crisis driven by habitat loss. Insufficient territory means competition, starvation, and increased conflict with humans and livestock. Jaguars killed in retaliation for livestock predation may suffer from leg-hold traps, snares, or gunshot wounds that cause prolonged injury before death. Cubs orphaned by retaliatory killing face near-certain death without intervention. Corridor conservation addresses these welfare issues at a landscape scale by enabling jaguars to find mates, establish adequate territories, and avoid areas of high human conflict.