11/7/2009 6:22:00 PM Expert talks about Arizona jaguar Sunday
Wildlife biologist Tony Povilitis will talk about Arizona jaguars Sunday night as part of Prescott College's annual Fall Environmental Studies Colloquium.
The free public talk starts at 7 p.m. in the Crossroads building, Room 100.
Povilitis directs Life Net Nature, a non-profit group dedicated to field studies, citizen science and wildlife conservation.
Jaguars have been the subject of controversy in recent months in Arizona, after the Arizona Game and Fish Department captured the a rare jaguar in Southeastern Arizona, studied it while under anesthesia, soon saw it was ailing, recaptured it and then euthanized it. Investigations into the incident continue. It was the only remaining known jaguar in the U.S.
The colloquium offers the public and students a change to talk with experts in environmental fields about the relationships between humans and the rest of the natural world.
The colloquium consists of six talks in November. See www.prescott.edu for more information and a map.
