Reintroduction & Rewilding

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IBERÁ REWILDING UPDATE
In August of 2018 Rewilding Earth posted Conservation Land Trust Argentina’s article, “Rewilding Argentina, Park by Park,” which appeared as Part 1 and Part 2. Then, in December of the same year, Tompkins Conservation announced the  establishment of Ibera’ National Park by the Argentine Congress. And now, Conservation Land Trust Argentina has sent the latest news from their rewilding projects. ~ editors
Jaguar
In Iberá, Juruna and Mariua -the two Brazilian jaguars that we received last month – were moved to the Jaguar Reintroduction Center in Iberá, after successfully finishing their quarantine period. They have been really active since the beginning, and they already hunted their first live capybara inside the 1.5 hectare enclosure where they are living now.
Below are some pictures of the arrival of the jaguars and their first activities in the Reintroduction Center.

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Travelling through the Carambola stream to San Alonso © CLT

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Arriving to their enclosure in the Jaguar Reintroduction Center © CLT

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Juruna and Mariua Exploring their new ‘territory’ © CLT

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Meeting their new neighbours; Aramí, Mbareté and Tania © CLT

Meanwhile, Jatobazinho, the male jaguar we expect to bring to Iberá from Brazil, is going through an acclimatisation and training period in the Oncafari center in Brazil. He will stay there the next 3 or 4 months to train on hunting live preys and to be without direct contact with humans before coming to Iberá.
For the first time we could see the two jaguar cubs Mbarete and Arami assisting their mother Tania on hunting a capybara. This is good news and progress toward their future release in the wild. Reply