Adjacent to the city of Puerto Iguazu and to the Iguazú National Park
world famous for its falls, there are some forests until recently
modified by logging, visited almost daily by motorcycles and 4x4
trucks, which were saved from the clearing and illegal occupation
almost miraculously.
Or not much, because since 2004, almost 6,800 hectares
of land belonging to the National Army were transferred to the
province of Misiones, which the 4047 Law created the Puerto Peninsula
Provincial Park, "Luis Honorio Rolon."
Today, in 2010, Puerto Peninsula is an example of
management and effort to preserve our latest forests. With
infrastructure appropriate to its situation and a stable body guard,
the area is closed to the public at the moment, which has allowed the
recovery of their forests and in particular its fauna.
This is of utmost importance because the park is
so close to one of the major cities of the province. However,
peccaries continue walking here and every day more, it's easy to see a
brocket (Mazama sp.) or Toucan (Ramphastos toco) at the
top of the trees.
But most striking is undoubtedly, that the Jaguar
moves here at its pleasure. Thus, in June 2010, the Provincial Ranger
Gabriel San Juan, take these shots with a camera trap triggered by
motion sensors, in which undoubtedly encourages us all to continue
keeping intact this land that has been saved forever of the clearings
and now, are the Jaguar lands:
The female was shot with
a camera trap that detects changes in temperature. The ranger
Gabriel San Juan placed it in the Puerto Península Provincial
Park and captured this lovely sight of one of our last
Yaguaretés. The cameras are Eduardo Zanin's, who we thank for
offering us for publication and dissemination.
In this shot a female
jaguar with two cubs, which further emphasizes the importance of
this provincial protected area: the Jaguar lives and procreate
there.
Puerto Península is a refuge of great importance for the jaguar, which
connects the forests that lie on the Paraná river with the Iguazú
National Park and beyond with the Urugua-í Provincial Park, the largest
forested block of the province.
Ranger Gabriel San Juan had already documented the reproduction of the
Jaguar in Puerto Península in 2009, when he photographed a female also
accompanied by two cubs, click here to see this encounter.
