When A Jaguar Is More Famous Than You [Being Baghera: The Jaguar Issue]

Monday, July 13th, 2015

Let’s face it, you’re all getting tired of hearing about us humans.  Let’s mix it up.  
As you may have guessed by the title, this “issue” of my blog is all about Baghera the Jaguar. 

A photo of Baghera at the Bowmanville Zoo (taken by the zoo).

When Baghera (also called Baggy) came to our zoo from Jungle Cat World in Orono, he was only just over 1 year old.

 

Baghera looking fierce.

In his time at the zoo over the past decade or so, Baghera has been in hundreds of shows, often alongside Boots, the house-cat, whom he “competes with”.  He’s also done a lot of movies and TV, namely Peter Benchley’s “Amazon”.  Baggy just recently he headed out to B.C (with Maddy) to film something new…  A cat is more famous than me.  
In the film project Maddy’s character will have to “attack” Baghera, which means he needs to get used to her being close first.

In the wild, Jaguars like Baghera are found in central and South America, where they are a threatened species.  One of the biggest threats facing them is the deforestation of forests, especially the Amazon in Peru and Ecuador.   

Baghera sizes up his new scene partner as they train. She’s got meat, so she must be alright.
   
 
A photo of Baghera and Maddy on the set in B.C! [The photo obvioiusly not taken by me, as I am still in Red Deer].
 
As for the humans today, all we did is set up the rest of our material for the shows on wednesday!  

Logan

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