For the first time in 70 years, Jaguars again roam Argentina’s Iberá wetlands thanks to the rewilding efforts of the Argentinian government, Tompkins Conservation and Fundación Rewilding Argentina.
An adult jaguar and her two cubs born at the Jaguar Reintroduction Center were recently released into the wild, the first of nine individuals slated to repopulate the species in the Gran Iberá Park, a 1.7-million-acre protected area. This is a crucial step in ensuring the ecological health of South America’s principal water basins and reestablishing a biological corridor for Jaguars that once stretched continuously to the American Southwest.
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