Overview
- Río Negro announced a bill will be sent to the provincial legislature as part of an August package to legalize commercial sales of jabalí (European wild boar) and guanaco.
- The proposal would change the Provincial Meat Law to permit these meats to be sold in butcher shops, restaurants and other licensed outlets and to speed up producer and processor authorizations.
- Officials say sanitary oversight will remain in place under municipal, provincial and national (SENASA) rules, with specific measures intended to reduce risks such as trichinosis.
- The government presents commercial use of jabalí as a tool to reduce its growing, crop‑damaging populations and to lessen pressure on native ecosystems, while guanaco regulation responds to rising local numbers.
- The plan follows similar provincial experiments — Santa Cruz sells guanaco, Corrientes is planning a multiespecies slaughterhouse and Chubut ran donkey‑meat pilots — and could open new rural incomes and supply chains even as cultural and health concerns persist.