Overview
- Police, private security, Defensa Civil and provincial officials deployed before dawn in Barrio Silvestre, with residents reporting restricted access as the operation began.
- Animal-protection groups staged an overnight vigil and argue the move violates a chamber-ordered injunction, while a first-instance judge authorized a limited translocation that excludes pregnant or nursing females.
- The provincial Ministry of Desarrollo Agrario says the population-management plan and translocation are formally approved under dispositions 215/2024 and 1035/2025, and local managers describe the effort as a pilot.
- The neighborhood association says about 12 animals, mostly males from a group near a high-traffic corridor, will be moved, but activists report selections of roughly 30 and question criteria, use of nets and traps, and the separation of family groups.
- Reports point to a private reserve in San Fernando/Tigre as the destination and officials cite subsequent contraceptive measures, but the final count and fate of relocated animals remain unconfirmed.