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Argentina Opens Criminal Probe Into Presumed Killing of Reintroduced Jaguar Acaí in Chaco

The case has triggered a federal investigation that leans on collar telemetry to pursue suspected poachers.

Overview

  • Acaí’s tracking collar sent a mortality alert after its last GPS movement on October 25 and was later located submerged in the Río Bermejo.
  • The National Parks Administration filed a complaint in the Roque Sáenz Peña federal court, bringing federal prosecutors and police into the case.
  • Chaco Governor Leandro Zdero pledged the province will join as a private accuser and vowed there will be no impunity.
  • Investigative sources report an identified suspect as searches continue without the animal’s body.
  • Tracking records from the GPS/VHF device are expected to guide investigators in a crime against a species with top legal protection and a national population of roughly 200.