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While celebrating Banks' first full year of life, the zoo highlighted the importance of protecting jaguars worldwide.The Jacksonville Zoo jaguar "Banks" celebrates 1st birthday on Sunday, April 7, 2024.Updated:JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The beloved jaguar cub that captured the hearts of people across the First Coast is celebrating hisThe jaguar, named Banks, was born to first-time mother Babette on April 7, 2023.
The zoo said Banks' name was meant to pay homage to the St. Johns River and the Jacksonville Jaguars. "Considering that 46% of jaguar populations in the Guiana Shield remain outside of protected areas, understanding the threats that jaguars face within state, private and indigenous lands is critical to the conservation," the zoo said in a post on Facebook.in the area since 2000, according to data from the IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group, a nonprofit aiming to conserve wild cat species.
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