Overview
- Security camera video published by portal 0223 shows a large puma moving through grassland at night near the town’s perimeter.
- A high perimeter fence with barbed wire prevented the animal from advancing toward nearby homes before it changed direction.
- Civil Defense advised residents to leave home only if necessary, exercise caution, and avoid attempting to capture or frighten the animal.
- A coordinated operation involving Rural Police, Mar Chiquita Civil Defense and the Buenos Aires provincial Fauna Division is conducting patrols and search sweeps in Santa Elena and surrounding zones.
- Officials are assessing whether the puma remains in the vicinity or has returned to its natural habitat, in a region that has logged several recent puma appearances.