Adopt A Jaguar
The jaguar has been virtually wiped out from most of its northern and southern range. Jaguars now occupy around half of their historic habitat.
Your adoptions will help protect jaguars in the Amazon and help fund our other vital work around the world. When you choose an animal adoption, you are supporting both your chosen animals as well as wider work to help bring our world back to life.
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Most jaguars are now found in the Amazon and the Pantanal – a huge wetland area in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. Over 70% of jaguars live in the Amazon alone.
Threats that jaguars face
HABITAT LOSS
In the Amazon an area of rainforest the size of three football pitches is lost every minute. These forests are a key habitat for jaguars.
LOSS OF PREY
Over a quarter of the jaguar's range is thought to have depleted numbers of wild prey.
POACHING
Too often killed due to fear, livestock losses, and an increasing local and international demand for their body parts.
Habitat fragmentation
Deforestation not only reduces the amount of habitat available to jaguars, it also fragments and isolates populations making them more vulnerable to other threats.
How We Can Help
We’ve worked in the Amazon for over 40 years. We've helped Amazon countries to create and manage protected areas. We also work with local communities and decision makers to help preserve crucial habitats.
We’re supporting local communities in monitoring and protecting jaguars and other iconic Amazon species. The data collected through monitoring is essential to help us influence decision makers to improve conservation measures in critical areas.
Your adoption and support will help us:
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support local communities in developing sustainable livelihoods, like ecotourism, rubber tapping and Brazil nut collection
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support local communities in monitoring jaguars and other iconic Amazon species
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work with local communities to reduce the problem of people and jaguars coming into conflict over livestock or fear
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fund our other essential work around the world
Jaguars are excellent swimmers and have been known to cross large rivers.
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Free delivery
We offer free delivery but ask you to consider helping to cover postage with an optional £3 donation taken at checkout. This means more of your gift can go towards supporting your adoption animal and our wider work.
Your pack will be sent within 2-3 working days - but allow up to 5 working days for it to arrive.
Want to protect other big cats too? Check out our adopt a big cat page to find out more.
Jaguar Adoption FAQs
Yes, you can adopt a jaguar with WWF. Donations from jaguar adoptions go both directly to support jaguars, as well as to fund our wider work to protect nature and our planet. Adoptions are symbolic for donating and supporting our conservation work with different species. By adopting a jaguar, you will be supporting a whole group of jaguars, rather than one individual.
You can adopt a jaguar with WWF from just £5 a month via Direct Debit, or you can pay with a one-off payment. To adopt a jaguar with WWF, select your donation amount on the widget, click 'Adopt Now' and then complete your donation via our secure online checkout.
You can adopt a jaguar with WWF from just £5 a month via Direct Debit, or you can pay with a one-off payment. Your money goes further by Direct Debit as this supports our long-term planning and helps keep our administration costs down.
When you adopt a jaguar with WWF, your donation will not only fund programs of work that directly support jaguars, but also other vital projects to help bring our world back to life. After adopting a jaguar you'll receive a welcome pack including an optional toy and note from the WWF team welcoming you on board. We'll keep you updated on how you're supporting our vital work by sending you three adoption updates a year.
Jaguar adoptions help us; support local communities in monitoring jaguars; work with locals to reduce conflict between people and jaguars; help Amazon countries to create and manage protected areas.
Jaguars are classified as near threatened. We aren't sure exactly of their numbers but around 173,000 remain - however we do know that their numbers are in decline - and with their habitat, the Amazon rainforest, at a tipping point this number could decline further.
Jaguars are primarily threatened because of deforestation, which not only reduces their natural habitat but also isolates populations, making them more vulnerable to other threats. Poaching and loss of prey also elevates the risk of jaguars disappearing.
There are 173,000 jaguars left in the wild, however their numbers are in decline.
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