Trap images document population of endangered huemul deer in Chile

New camera trap images document a population of extremely endangered huemul deer in a remote corner of southern Chile bordering Argentina. The population is known to live on both sides of the border. They are part of an investigation that is a collaboration between Puelo Patagonia, Tompkins Conservation Chile and Argentina's National Parks Administration.

According to Cristián Saucedo, our director of Rewilding, “These new findings will allow us to promote actions that limit and control threats to the huemul and its habitat, due to its importance as an umbrella species in these environments. Currently the habitat of these populations is protected in Argentina under the category of national park, while on the Chilean side there is no official protection of the territory in question."

Видео Trap images document population of endangered huemul deer in Chile канала Tompkins Conservation