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A group of South Texas ocelots is teetering on the edge of extinction and environmentalists asked the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to force the government to redo its analysis of how the cats will be affected by two natural gas projects.
Female ocelot on the branch (Credit: Tambako the Jaguar, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0)
HOUSTON (CN) Ocelots inhabiting scrubland at the tip of Texas loomed large in a Fifth Circuit hearing Wednesday, as environmental groups assailed the government’s approval of liquid natural gas projects they say will imperil the endangered cats.
Ocelots live throughout Central and South America. Texans are often surprised to learn the tropical cat is native to the state.
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