Matías Guerrero-Gatica

Muchas gracias Henry, tenemos todo el ánimo y las ganas de seguir avanzando en estos proyectos que nos darán información valiosa para restaurar nuestros bosques nativos, sobre todo en el contexto del pasado gran incendio que sufrimos. Gracias por tu donación también. Saludos.

Hello Pablo. Thank you for your interest in the project. We installed camera traps in the sector and there was no evidence of the presence of Puma. That does not imply there would not be pumas in the future after the arrival of guanacos, but in that place usually the owners of the site maintained livestock and they were not attacked by pumas. In case puma attack guanacos, there are several tools to use in order to protect the survival of guanacos. The ultimate one is to remove them to other site.

Hello Agustin. Thank you for your messege. I think your comment is of importance because in the near future we would intend to reintroduce reproductive guanacos. Nevertheless, this population we want to reintroduced in this project is castrated to see basic ecological dynamics of the species. I read in that paper that two major groups are recognized. There are examples of other reintroductions of guanacos that were reintroduced, for example, from Argentinian Patagonia to Quebrada del Condorito National Park (localized parallel to Illapel in Chile). They actually take into account the paper done by Marin in 2008 and by Gonzalez 2006, recognizing two subspecies: the preuvian L. g. cacsilensis and the rest of populations L. g. guanicoe. If we want to reintroduced reproductive guanacos, these and other genetic and populations factors must be considered.