A man from Balcarce is accused of having kept in captivity more than 300 wild animals, and the Prosecutor’s Office requested to take the case to an oral trial. In total, the accused allegedly left 319 specimens in a field in the city.
Furthermore, he is also accused of having firearms without legal authorization. Prosecutor Laura Mazza Ferri requested that a public oral trial be conducted.
Wild animals in captivity: the Prosecutor’s complaint
The case investigates a man who had wild animals in captivity on his field located in Balcarce, named “Los Aromos.”
This implies a violation of Law 22,421 on Fauna Conservation and the illegal possession of firearms.
In the property, as authorities confirmed, there were 319 specimens of different species, including Bengal tigers, pumas, deer, antelopes, wild boars, peafowl, and protected birds such as the yellow cardinal and the rhea.
According to the newspaper La Voz de Tandil, the prosecution suspects that the accused not only stored animals but also sold them along with derived products.
Additionally, four firearms were found, identified as a rifle, a shotgun, and a semiautomatic pistol, without the corresponding documentation.
Wild animals in captivity.
The original complaint
The case began after the director of the Inspections Department and head of the Environmental Control Brigade of the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of the Nation, Alejandro Mariano Mackielo, filed a complaint.
He mentioned that there were wild animals on the premises without any type of registration with the National Registry of Operators of Wild Fauna of the National Biodiversity Directorate (DNBI) of the MAyDS.
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