He long weekend in the city of Buenos Aires ends with an unusual event in the Jorge Newbery airport area after employees claimed to have seen a puma in one of the public parks.
The feline, As official sources confirmed to LA NACION, they reported that he was seen near Parque del Vega, in Rafael Obligado at 6100, around 6:30 p.m. “A communication was entered into the alert center detailing that security personnel at the Parque Deportivo Costanera Norte property reported the presence of possibly a puma in the area,” they explained.
In addition, personnel from Neighborhood Police Station 13A moved to the skate park sector of Saint Tropez Park, after property workers reported the presence of an animal similar to a puma in the area. For this reason and as a preventive measure, the park was evacuated.
Around the 20, and after a search by civil defense and police personnel, it was reported that “no animals were found and that, as a preventive measure, the entire property will be illuminated at night along with police instructions.”
Parque del Vega is one of the last green spaces added by the Buenos Aires Government. It is a five-hectare property facing the La Plata River that is complemented by the current Saint Tropez Park and is part of the BA Costa comprehensive plan, which promotes the incorporation of more than 75 hectares of green and public spaces facing the river. , from General Paz Avenue to Riachuelo.
“The park, located on the land where the second outfall of Arroyo Vega was located, provides views and recreational spaces directly towards the river, recovering the City’s relationship with it and promoting recreational use for the enjoyment of neighbors. and neighbors,” the Buenos Aires Government details on its website.
Could there be a puma in the area?
“There may be someone who had him locked up and somehow freed him or he escaped,” an expert in ecology, sustainability and the environment told LA NACION and added: “That is, a puma that came from the islands of the Swamp Deer National Park [situado a unos 70 kilómetros de Aeroparque] it’s hard. It can come from above, there are pumas in the area, but not so close in the urban area. “I would have had to go through a lot of places before getting there.”
“That they have seen it in the middle of a city, when there is no land connection to parks or reserves, that the animal can travel without anyone seeing it, is difficult. So, if what they saw is real, it is because someone had him locked up in a kind of clandestine zoo, they freed him or he escaped,” he analyzed.
Another expert agreed, but was not so skeptical: “Pumas are appearing very close here, in the Delta, also in Magdalena, they were seen in Campana, in Otamendi. So I wouldn’t be surprised, but most likely it was released or it escaped to someone who had it as a pet.”
“Specialists from Project Pantano filmed two: a couple, a female in heat and a male following her. They were filmed with camera trapsand they have already capybaras found, near Nordelta, with traces of puma predationso everything is possible,” said the specialist and closed: “Everything is possible in this city.”
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