Environment & Energy

Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Sat Feb 6, 2016, 08:35 PM Feb 2016

Ocelot seen in Argentina for 1st time in decade

Ocelot seen in Argentina for 1st time in decade

Published February 06, 2016/
Fox News Latino

Buenos Aires – Ten years after the species was thought to have disappeared in Argentina, an ocelot was sighted in the northeastern province of Corrientes, the Conservation Land Trust said.

The group cooperates with the provincial government of Corrientes to restore fauna and flora in Esteros del Ibera, an expanse of wetlands including San Alonso island, where the ocelot was caught on film in December.

Researchers from the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research's Sub-Tropical Biology Institute confirmed the animal seen in images captured by motion-activated cameras was an ocelot.

"The ocelot is a wild, mid-size feline ... whose original range of distribution extended from the southern U.S. to central Argentina," Sebastian di Martino, coordinator of Conservation Land Trust's species-reintroduction program, told EFE.

More:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/02/06/ocelot-seen-in-argentina-for-1st-time-in-decade/

(Fox "News" took the story from Spain's E.F.E.)

6 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Ocelot seen in Argentina for 1st time in decade (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2016 OP

Yay for ocelots! The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #1

how beautiful sue4e3 Feb 2016 #2

They were common in NE Argentina until the 50s, when their fur became coveted by upper class ladies forest444 Feb 2016 #3

So glad to hear this area will be protected. It's absolutely vital, now, isn't it? Judi Lynn Feb 2016 #5

You could go blind trying to spot them on a leaf-covered forest floor! Judi Lynn Feb 2016 #4

Incredible. Thank you so much for those. forest444 Feb 2016 #6

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

1. Yay for ocelots!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 08:35 PM

Feb 2016

sue4e3

(731 posts)

2. how beautiful

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 08:58 PM

Feb 2016

forest444

(5,902 posts)

3. They were common in NE Argentina until the 50s, when their fur became coveted by upper class ladies

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 09:04 PM

Feb 2016

As you know, North Face founder Daniel Tompkins, who passed away last month, owned thousands of acres in the same Esteros del Iberá wetlands where this ocelot was just located.

I'd like to think this beautiful little guy is part of his legacy.