{
  "id": 1838801,
  "title": "The prodigal jaguar against Donald Trump’s wall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/the-prodigal-jaguar-against-donald-trumps-wall",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T00:45:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/the-prodigal-jaguar-against-donald-trumps-wall-10839260/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The last female jaguar in the United States was hunted to death in 1949. As the third-largest big cat, the jaguar is a solitary and elusive hunter, making it difficult to spot. Now, nearly eighty years later, there is a glimmer of hope that the majestic animal may return to its hunted-out habitat. However, the jaguar's return faces a significant barrier: Donald Trump's border wall. Male jaguars have been spotted in the Cuenca Los Ojos wildlife reserve in Mexico, just across the US border, for the first time in nearly seventy years. This sighting of a female jaguar, named Adela, suggests the potential for a natural comeback of the big cat. Yet, Trump's politics is obstructing this possibility. Since 2025, the infamous \"border wall\" has obstructed three of the four wildlife corridors in the region. Perhaps, the politics that seeks to draw hard lines on maps could find a way to allow the animals to pass through. After all, as Robert Frost wrote in 'The Mending Wall' in 1914, some people insist that \"good fences make good neighbours\". Yet, there is always \"something\", in nature and in people's hearts, that doesn't \"love a wall\".",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Female jaguar Adela spotted in Mexico, signaling potential return",
    "Trump's border wall obstructs four wildlife corridors since 2025",
    "Nature and politics collide over jaguar's habitat restoration"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The jaguar's potential return to its US habitat is being hindered by Trump's border wall, which has obstructed key wildlife corridors, posing a significant barrier to the animal's natural comeback.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}