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For the first time, a male jaguar has been released into the vast Iberá wetlands, paving the way for breeding in the wild. 

The adult jaguar (Panthera onca), named Jatobazinho, was released on the first day of 2022 by Rewilding Argentina, an heir to the legacy of Tompkins Conservation, led by Kristine Tompkins, a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Patron of Protected Areas.

The rewilding programme at Iberá seeks to recover the ecological role of its apex predator, the jaguar, in a country where the species has lost over 95 per cent of its original range. At the Jaguar Reintroduction Center in Iberá Park, Jatobazinho mated with onsite females, fathering four jaguar cubs which were released together with their mothers in 2021, followed by an adult female released in September 2021.