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Moreno Authorities Locate Puma, Intensify Capture Operation

Provincial agencies alongside municipal authorities have pinpointed the puma’s presence in a Reja Grande pig enclosure, deploying traps under a newly formalized capture protocol.

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Moreno: temor entre vecinos por un puma suelto en La Reja
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La Secretaría de Ambiente del municipio de Moreno en Instagram (Foto: @ambiente.moreno)

Overview

  • Traps have been laid across a ravine adjacent to a pigsty in Reja Grande after the puma was spotted there attacking livestock.
  • Investigation teams include the Comando de Patrullas de Moreno, Cuerpo de Guardaparques, and the provincial Dirección de Flora y Fauna, guided by a formalized capture and relocation protocol.
  • The Municipio de Moreno’s Secretaría de Ambiente recorded over a dozen pigs and multiple ducks among the puma’s recent livestock kills since Saturday.
  • Residents are instructed to deter the animal with shouts, applause or flashlight beams and to call +54 9 237 403-5808 immediately upon any new sighting.
  • The UFI N°3 has opened an investigation as neighbors suspect the puma escaped from a nearby country club where it was kept as a pet.