Non-flying birds relocated from Argentina to Chile where they neared extinction

Ambitious conservation projects pave the way for Argentina’s jaguar recovery

Conservationists first spotted a young male jaguar in 2022 roaming Argentina’s Formosa Nature Reserve. Camera traps later recorded the same individual in a forest tens of kilometers away, within El Impenetrable National Park, in northern Argentina’s Chaco province. After months of tracking, an expert team located the big cat and, in December 2024, sedated, collared and released it back into the wild. They gave it the name Tañhi Wuk. This marked …

Non-flying birds relocated from Argentina to Chile where they neared extinction

Conservationist groups from Chile and Argentina have undertaken a project to transfer 15 Patagonian rheas (also known as choiques) from Argentina’s Patagonia Park in Santa Cruz to Chile’s Patagonia National Park in the Aysén Region, in an initiative led by Rewilding organizations of both countries and supported by the Tompkins Conservation Foundation.

The population of rheas has declined dramatically due to livestock farming and hunting.

In Chile, their populations have declined significantly due to breeding, dog presence, hunting and nest destruction, explains the Rewilding Chile Foundation.

Rheas Journey from Argentina to Chile to Save Their Species

For the first time ever, wild animals have been captured and relocated from one Latin American country to another for conservation purposes. The post Rheas Journey from Argentina to Chile to Save Their Species appeared first on Havana Times.

Fifteen nandous, large ostrich-like birds, were transferred from Argentina to Chile as part of a conservation program for this endangered species in Chilean Patagonia.