Foto: Diego Ramos para Rewilding Chile
Rewilding Chile has inaugurated the world’s first Huemul Rescue and Rehabilitation Center adjacent to Cerro Castillo National Park, home to 10% of the remnant population of the species, which has lost 99% of its historic population throughout Patagonia. The center will investigate and address disease transmitted by livestock and injuries caused by road accidents and dog attacks.
The birds were transported in October from the Raptor Rehabilitation Center (CRAR), located in Chile’s Metropolitan Region, to Patagonia National Park in the Aysén Region.
In the first international translocation of wild species for release in the Southern Cone, Rewilding Argentina and Rewilding Chile, offspring organizations of Tompkins Conservation, have brought 15 Darwin’s rheas across the Andes from Patagonia Park, Arg …
The publication celebrates the creation of this protected area, thanks to donations from Tompkins Conservation and contributions from the State.
