Tourists visiting the Iguazú Falls National Park in Misiones Province yesterday afternoon were surprised by the presence of an adult puma, which prompted park authorities to close off the park to visitors. The park will reopen when the mountain lion has been relocated to a different area of the Iguazú National Park, and will be fitted with a collar that will allow park officials to monitor its movements in the jungle. While habitat loss and fragmentation has threatened puma populations, the national park works within the protocol of prioritizing the security of all people close to the protected areas. This protocol of the National park had been established in 2001, according to Clarín, after a cougar attack in 1997 had mauled and killed the 20-month-old child of a park ranger. National Park officials had said that this was the first time a mountain lion had attacked a human in one of the 17 national parks in which pumas can be found.

Source: The Bubble August 17, 2016 15:56 UTC