12 pm-Welcome to the South Texas Ecotourism Center

Ed Meza, Director, South Texas Ecotourism Center

12;15 pm- Welcome to Ocelot Conservation Day! 

Dr. Sharon Wilcox, Senior Texas Representative, Defenders of Wildlife

12:30pm –"Counting ocelots: Challenges and opportunities in density estimation"

James Helferich, Ph.D. student, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute

1:00pm -"Prevalence of rat poisons in ocelots and other carnivores in South Texas"

Dr. Lisanne Petracca, Assistant Professor, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute

1:30pm -"Genetics of wild and zoo-based ocelot populations in the USA"

Tam Ta, M.S. student, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute

2:00pm -“Recover Texas Ocelots Breeding and Reintroduction Program”

Ashley Reeves, DVM PhD, Research Veterinarian, East Foundation

Lindsay Martinez, Research Program Coordinator, East Foundation

 

2:30 pm - “Ocelots Gettin’ Caught a Lot - Capturing Ocelots for Research and Recovery in South Texas”

Meghan Murphy and Haylee Pearce, Ocelot Research Technicians, East Foundation

3:00 pm- “Ocelot Conservation”
Laura DeLaGarza, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

3:30 pm - “Habitat Restoration at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge”
Sergio "Sarge" Vasquez, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Brownsville Historical Foundation

Caeser Kleberg WRI

Camp Rio

Defenders of Wildlife

East Foundation

Fragile Planet Wildlife Park

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

South Texas Ecotourism Center

Santa Ana South Texas Refuge Complex

Texas Master Naturalists-Rio Grande Chapter

Texas Native Cats

Valley Nature Center