Overview

• The images of Nalá with her cub, captured on July 30 along the Río Bermejo, represent the first visual proof of a wild-born jaguar in Chaco since 1990.
• Nalá was released into Parque Nacional El Impenetrable in August 2024 and exhibited signs of pregnancy and lactation for months before the sighting.
• The reintroduction initiative launched in 2019 by Fundación Rewilding Argentina, the Province of Chaco and the Administración de Parques Nacionales stems from the discovery of a solitary male, Qaramta.
• This milestone builds on reintroduction successes in the Esteros del Iberá and strengthens a wider recovery strategy for Argentina’s critically endangered jaguars.
• Local guides involved in the sighting have developed ecotourism activities in El Impenetrable to link wildlife recovery with sustainable economic growth.