Warner Glenn, a rancher and hunting guide, was hunting mountain lions on March 7, 1996, in the Peloncillo Mountains on the Arizona, New Mexico border when his pack of hounds cornered a large cat that he later discovered was a jaguar. He photographed the animal, and his images are recognized as the first ever taken of a wild jaguar in the United States. This adult male jaguar was not intimidated and simply sat on the bluff, watching the hounds below. Glenn was an experienced hunter and before the jaguar was listed as endangered in the United States in 1997, there was no federal prohibition on taking the animal. But instead, he decided to pull back his hounds and snap some photos of this magnificent animal.
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