{"id":327,"date":"2017-07-20T15:28:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T15:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armando.info\/?p=327"},"modified":"2017-07-20T15:28:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T15:28:46","slug":"the-land-of-the-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/the-land-of-the-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"The Land of the Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><B>Part \r\none |<\/B>&nbsp;The \r\nsurroundings of Ranch \"Rolito\" are so beautiful that it is hard to think that \r\ndeath could be creeping over the place. Annie Luna, granddaughter of the founder \r\nof this rural settlement in 1927, is now 70 years old and has silver hair and a \r\nsoothing gaze. But when she enters the kitchen, garnished with colorful flowers \r\nand imbued with the sweet scent of freshly baked Sconnes, she tosses off a \r\ncomment that leaves us startled: \"The sound of guts coming out of a guanaco is \r\ndreadful\". Magic fades.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On \r\na ramshackle quadracycle, Annie has just returned from her weekly visit to the \r\nfurthest outpost of the ranch, located about 20 kilometers from the quarter \r\nwhere we are. \"The ranch caretaker used to take us round a large and lovely \r\npaddock and there were many dead chulengos [the guanaco calf]. And then we saw \r\nthem: there were about eight dogs. One white Husky, two black coats, another \r\nwith short black hair and short tail, two dark brown; It was a mixture\"She \r\nsays.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\ntroupe even seemed friendly; after all, it was just a bunch of dogs in the \r\nmiddle of the field. But Annie says that they immediately threw themselves onto \r\nthe ground and crept towards them rifle in hand. They never got to fire their \r\nguns because the pack probably had smelled them and escaped. \"We never had them \r\nat shooting range\" admits the old lady with pure disappointment. She did not \r\nfind comfort in being able to save from a certain death a calf that the dogs had \r\nalready separated from his mother. The fact that she could not kill any of the \r\nattackers filled her with distress.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_BWf8VZ-Zd alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_BWf8VZ-Zd kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-1.png\" data-description=\"A guanaco calf attacked by dogs seeks shelter among the sheep. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-1.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-1.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-1.png\" data-id=\"50987\" class=\"wp-image-50987 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">A guanaco calf attacked by dogs seeks shelter among the sheep. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-2.png\" data-description=\"Annie Luna and her daughter Anita Gonz\u00e1lez in ranch Rolito. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-2.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-2.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-2.png\" data-id=\"50988\" class=\"wp-image-50988 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Annie Luna and her daughter Anita Gonz\u00e1lez in ranch Rolito. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-3.png\" data-description=\"Bales of wool from the 2017 harvest. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-3.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-3.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-3.png\" data-id=\"50989\" class=\"wp-image-50989 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Bales of wool from the 2017 harvest. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-4.png\" data-description=\"A visit to Beagle channel from Ushuaia. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-4.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-4.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-4.png\" data-id=\"50990\" class=\"wp-image-50990 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">A visit to Beagle channel from Ushuaia. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After \r\na while, we walked with Annie and her daughter, Anita Gonzalez, to the last herd \r\nof sheep kept by the old ranch Rolito. From the 8,000 sheep that they used to \r\nshear twenty years ago, there are only 300 left. The grass looks very green \r\nunder a mountain of imposing lengas, as they call the native oaks of Tierra del \r\nFuego. The two women remember that in this place, one of the worst slaughters \r\ntook place: one night, the wild dogs blocked a whole herd against a massive log \r\nfence. The next day they found more than 40 bloody corpses, though many more \r\nvictims where discovered as the days went by. Many sheep got wound infections \r\nand became ill. Others simply sprouted their guts through the white wool, where \r\nthe dogs have sunk their fangs. Then again, the guts. The sound of \r\ndeath.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignleft\"><blockquote><p>It finds its origin in the neglect of the inhabitants of the few cities on the island: the Argentine Ushuaia<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isla \r\nGrande de Tierra del Fuego is the southernmost region of the world ever \r\ncolonized by men, considering that only a few military and scientific campsites \r\nare settled in the ice of the Antarctic. A straight line that runs from north to \r\nsouth divides the Argentine side of the island, about 8 thousand square miles, \r\nfrom the Chilean side, which has a barely larger surface area. The famous Strait \r\nof Magellan separates the island from the mainland. On the south bank, the \r\nBeagle Channel receives large cargo ships that navigate from Pacific ocean to \r\nAtlantic ocean and vice versa. In the middle, sheep farming has been the most \r\nlong-standing economic activity since 1896, when a Spaniard named Jos\u00e9 Men\u00e9ndez \r\nfounded the first of a series of huge ranches. And thus, the first sheepdogs \r\narrived. They were partners and friends to men.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It's \r\nsummer, shearing season. Time to take advantage of the sun-hours to do the \r\nactivities that the harsh winter will later hinder. The wind here does not abide \r\nby the seasons and it always blows heavily, although these days it has become \r\nquiet, allowing us to hear the low tones of each testimony. We were told about \r\nthe existence of wild dogs left without an owner because they have been born and \r\nbred in a rural setting for several generations since the first mention was made \r\nof them in the 1980's. It finds its origin in the neglect of the inhabitants of \r\nthe few cities on the island: the Argentine Ushuaia, Rio Grande - as we will see \r\nin the second part of this report - Tolhuin, and the Chilean Porvenir. Many of \r\nthese people allow their dogs to roam freely through the streets and out into \r\nthe fields, or simply leave them there when they must travel or go on \r\nvacation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Annie Luna y Anita Gonz\u00e1lez, de Estancia Rolito\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ctw7SjI2CeU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sebastian \r\nCabeza bid us welcome at the Guaz\u00fa Cu\u00e9 settlement, which we reach after an hour \r\non a muddy dirt road. He resembles an Indiana Jones from the third world. Like \r\nthe character, he wears leather boots, khaki pants and even a wide-brimmed hat. \r\nBut above all, he exudes that pride inherent to those who do not surrender in \r\ntimes of extreme hardship: in the talk he tells us several times that he'll only \r\nleave this place the day he dies\". Cabeza and his family are squeezed into a \r\ncouple of rooms of a small service dwelling because a voracious fire consumed \r\nthe old wooden house that was the heart of his ranch a few months ago. He says \r\nit pains him to have lost many of his memories there, but that is not his main \r\nproblem. \"The dog is a terminal illness for sheep farming. At least we have \r\nweapons to defend ourselves \".<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignleft\"><blockquote><p>It finds its origin in the neglect of the inhabitants of the few cities on the island: the Argentine Ushuaia<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cabeza \r\nhas studied his enemy in depth and even compares it with the fierce Dingo, a \r\nwolf subspecies found in the Australian plains. There are no wolves here in the \r\nextreme south of America, only dogs that this cattleman calls \"a dumb wolf\", \r\nbecause they kill the sheep not because they eat them, but to fulfill the \r\ncommands imposed by the human domestication for thousands of years. It is a fact \r\nthat he despises them and tried to stop them with everything he could: he set up \r\nalmost 16 kilometers of electric fence wire and placed toothed traps for foxes. \r\nOn a bunk located in the room he shares with his children, lies an enormous \r\nrifle with telescopic sight, but Cabeza states that it is also not efficient. \r\nDogs instead have been successful with their attacks. About 75% of the sheep in \r\nGuaz\u00fa Cu\u00e9 have disappeared and had to be replaced by cattle, which are quite \r\nvoluminous and that puts them safe from attacks, but are not so resistant to the \r\nsevere cold of the island. His last-ditch effort was to incorporate a breed of \r\ndog from Chile to guard the few remaining sheep. Breed dogs to face the other \r\ndogs. We approach 500 meters from a herd and we can already hear the barking of \r\nthose huge guards that stand between us and the sheep.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sebasti\u00e1n Cabeza, de Estancia Guaz\u00fa Cu\u00e9\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4EJalQ1jHeE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lucila \r\nApolinaire, 45, is the president of the Rural Association of Tierra del Fuego. \r\nShe remembered one winter morning when she was a teenager returning from one of \r\nher first balls when she stumbled with endless bloodstains on the white snow \r\nthat surrounded the ranch where her father used to be land steward, as they call \r\nthe person responsible for taking care of the establishment. It was the first \r\nattacks but nobody took actions to stop them in time. The data of the sheep \r\ndownfall on the Argentine side are now terrifying. According to the official \r\nnumbers, in the last decade the population of sheep was reduced from 700 \r\nthousand to only 280 thousand animals, while at the same time the rural \r\nterritories were depopulated. The union of rural workers confirms that the \r\namount of personnel employed in this sector fell from about 800 people to only \r\n254. None of them has suffered an attack yet, but Lucila believes it is only a \r\nmatter of time. \"When that day comes, maybe someone will pay attention to our \r\ncomplaints,\" she says ironically.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not \r\nall the sheep that are missing today have fallen into the jaws of dogs. The \r\nproblem here is that this long-standing productive activity became impossible \r\ndue to the high rate of mortality and therefore many producers began to lose \r\ntheir spirit and reduce their rodeos. Between May 2006 and February 2008, when \r\nthe dog issue became very noticeable, a group of institutions coordinated by the \r\nVeterinary College of the region consulted the breeders and have drawn the \r\nconclusion that the presence of this type of packs was detected in 74% of the \r\nfields. In that period, losses were also accaunted for \"32,725 sheep heads, \r\n77,566 kilograms of wool, 32 calves and 2 steers \". Despite the obvious damage, \r\nno one in the government wagged a finger. Ushuaia lives from tourism and public \r\nadministration, Rio Grande from the assembly industry and in Tolhuin have \r\nflourished the wood sawmills. What happens in the countryside matters little to \r\nthe rest of the inhabitants of the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lucila Apolinaire   presidente asociaci\u00f3n rural argentina\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5yy9N9zMrAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sebastian \r\nCabeza's ranch is located equidistantly about 40 kilometers between Rio Grande \r\nand Tolhuin, two of the three cities that cast out dogs to the rural areas. \r\nUshuaia is about 100 kilometers to the south, facing the Beagle Channel. That's \r\nwhere the Southern Scientific Research Center operates. It depends on the \r\nConicet, the Technological and Scientific Organization of the Argentine State. \r\nAdri\u00e1n Schiavini, a wildlife biologist, was the one who helped the owner of \r\nGuaz\u00fa Cu\u00e9 install the only traps that did work: ten cameras arranged along 600 \r\nmeters of fence, which in a few days allowed to identify 43 different dogs \r\nlurking in groups in the area. The scientist shows us the images but makes clear \r\nthat we will see nothing more than a group of common dogs sniffing behind a \r\nfence. Indeed, they look like ordinary dogs, rather large, somewhat funny and \r\nreckless. They turn out to be a mixture of breeds and textures, like those Annie \r\nsays she saw in her ranch. They are the wild dogs at world's \r\nend.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignleft\"><blockquote><p>\"That domestic animal is involving to its wild state due to our own carelessness\"<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schiavini \r\nsips a bitter mate while he tells us that the correct name to refer to them is \r\n\"feral dogs\". He then explains that for thousands of years mankind has been \r\nworking to turn a wild animal into a domestic one, going from wolf or coyote to \r\nsimple dog. And that what happens now is a kind of involution. \"Thatdomestic \r\nanimal is involving to its wild state due to our own carelessness. It is not, \r\nhowever, a new species but an animal that has degenerated its behavior because \r\nwe have thrown it into a natural environment without any human supervision\", \r\nsays the specialist. In such a slow return, these dogs become a sort of \r\n\"ordinary predators\": they are in the wild and must hunt in order to survive, \r\nbut do not know how to do it because the man removed that chip from them. So \r\nthey roam, something they -do- know how to do: they interact with each other and \r\nput together small clans, and play, which is what we have taught them to do for \r\ncenturies.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"The \r\ndemeanour of these animals is to attack everything that moves, to chase them \r\ninstinctively. Just like the dogs chase the cars in the cities, these feral dogs \r\nsee a sheep and run towards it because it moves. That makes for some fun and \r\nentertainment in the group and is what causes massive damage to sheep \", \r\nexplains Schiavini. Cabeza, the farmer, coined another term to define the \r\nattacks of these dogs: \"I compare it to an act of vandalism\", He \r\nsays.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nConicet biologist estimates that currently, there is a population of 600 to \r\n1,000 of these feral dogs in Tierra del Fuego, which were born and raised in a \r\nwild environment. They live in burrows and are arranged into small packs. They \r\nhave lost all ties with men, their domesticators. And if they come accross with \r\na man, this one tries to kill them to avenge the sheep slaughter. Those who are \r\nborn in the wild occasionally accept the stray dogs that leave the cities and, \r\nfor one reason or another, never return to their homes.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_um3arx-Mk alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_um3arx-Mk kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-5.png\" data-description=\"Sebasti\u00e1n Cabeza and his children in the ranch Guza\u00fa Cu\u00e9. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-5.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-5.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-5.png\" data-id=\"50991\" class=\"wp-image-50991 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Sebasti\u00e1n Cabeza and his children in the ranch Guza\u00fa Cu\u00e9. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-6.png\" data-description=\"Image of wild dogs captured by a camera trap (courtesy of Adrian Schiavini).\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-6.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-6.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-6.png\" data-id=\"50992\" class=\"wp-image-50992 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Image of wild dogs captured by a camera trap (courtesy of Adrian Schiavini).<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-7.png\" data-description=\"Image of wild dogs captured by a camera trap (courtesy of Adrian Schiavini).\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-7.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-7.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-7.png\" data-id=\"50993\" class=\"wp-image-50993 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Image of wild dogs captured by a camera trap (courtesy of Adrian Schiavini).<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-8.png\" data-description=\"Adri\u00e1n Schiavini, biologist, in his offices of the Conicet in Ushuaia. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-8.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-8.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-8.png\" data-id=\"50994\" class=\"wp-image-50994 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Adri\u00e1n Schiavini, biologist, in his offices of the Conicet in Ushuaia. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\npresence of the wild dogs mainly concentrates in a part of the island called \r\nEcotono. The landscape is hauntingly beautiful, though no one in their right \r\nmind would decide to stay there alone for the night. This fuegian atmosphere \r\narises from the transition between the extensive patagonian steppe and the \r\nimposing snowy peaks that form the beginning of the Andean Mountains. It is a \r\nfoothill of rather low trees full of greyish lichens and twisted branches \r\nsimilar to those described by Jack London in his mythical work White Fang. The \r\nplot in the book takes place in Yukon, Alaska, and in the story a wild wolf \r\ncould be gradually tamed by men. Here, at the other end of the world, the \r\nopposite happens: it is domestic dogs that become wild. They build their burrows \r\nin this Ecotono. Within this forest it is almost impossible to chase them and \r\nhunt them down.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nmost massive attacks occur in spring or summer, when dog packs tend to be more \r\nactive and the big packs move towards the ranches. When everything is covered \r\nwith snow and goes into lethargy, dogs only survive by feeding on what they find \r\nin the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignleft\"><blockquote><p>\"The dog is a very basic animal that can feed on a wide variety of things, from fruit to farm animals, eggs or bird chicks. That is why their ability to alter the biological system is very strong\"<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There \r\nis a population of about 30,000 guanacos on the island, they are a variety of \r\nAmerican camelids. They also die by the tens when they cross feral dogs. In a \r\nplayful state, these dogs kill much more than they need to feed: almost all \r\ntheir prey is scattered, a table served for chimangos and other birds of prey. \r\n\"The dog is a very basic animal that can feed on a wide variety of things, from \r\nfruit to farm animals, eggs or bird chicks. That is why their ability to alter \r\nthe biological system is very strong\", Warns the biologist Schiavini, who also \r\nclaims that the disturbances in the populations of ducks, sheldgoose, \r\nbuff-necked ibis, red foxes and other sylvan animals are caused by this invasive \r\nspecies. Wild dogs always end up killing other species. Sometimes because they \r\nare hungry, but mainly because they want to play biting.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several \r\nproducers told us that even the penguins, the most characteristic birds in the \r\nPatagonian region, had been victims of this type of packs. For many decades, \r\nthere was a huge reserve of penguins called Seno Otway located near to Punta \r\nArenas, crossing the Strait of Magellan to the territory of Chile. \"Cerrado, \r\nclosed,\" read a sign on the side of an iron door that blocked access to the \r\nplace. A local told us that there was nothing to see because the penguins \r\nmigrated, looking for a quiet place. Another similar case took place in the \r\nArgentine province of Santa Cruz, neighboring to the island. In November 2016, \r\n370 dead penguins were spotted in the Provincial Reserve R\u00eda Deseado and the \r\nrangers immediately accused the dogs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adri\u00e1n Schiavini - Especialista en fauna silvestre del Conicet (Argentina)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wWOAIs7nDTk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing \r\nbut bureaucratic and expensive customs offices stand between Argentina and Chile \r\nwithin the island. Gendarmes on one side, Carabineers on the other, they all \r\nfrown on their search for shoes or household appliances smuggling that justifies \r\ntheir job. In order to enter with a domestic dog, a number of procedures must be \r\ncarried out before health authorities, which are not always that simple. Wild \r\ndogs, on the other hand, run freely from one side of the border to the other. \r\nWhen we left Argentine territory, and entered Chile we had some discontent, \r\nbecause all of our sources had mentioned the feral animals, but in the end we \r\nnever got to see any of them. Suddenly, on a desolated dirt road, two dogs \r\napproached us, one with yellowish fur and the other completely black. We stopped \r\nand they did likewise; We looked at each other to know who was on the other \r\nside. After a couple of seconds, the one who appeared to be the leader began to \r\nrun across the field and the other followed in his footsteps. There was no sign \r\nof men in several tens of kilometers around.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \r\nrecent months, Chilean producers have begun to report sporadic attacks of dogs \r\nto their herds. They call these groups of sheep \"pi\u00f1os\". And the stray dogs are \r\ncalled \"roaming dogs.\"<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \r\nthe ranch Florida, we are welcomed in a steaming kitchen, garnished with \r\nflowers, as it is accustomed during summer, and a raspberry pie. Ren\u00e9 Milicevic \r\nis a descendant of the Croatian families who landed in southern Chile in the \r\nearly 20th century in search of gold and then had no choice but to devote their \r\nlives to sheep farming instead. His house is opposite to Bah\u00eda In\u00fatil, closer to \r\nArgentina than to the city of Porvenir, the only population center in the \r\nchilean part of Tierra del Fuego. \"Dogs move very fast and cover a huge range of \r\ndistance. They're here now, but tomorrow they could be about 50 kilometers down \r\nsouth. They are very difficult to control precisely because of this \", Explains \r\nthe farmer, who already has in the east area of his field a pack of several dogs \r\nthat -he believes- entered from the neighboring \r\ncountry.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_Gq6RlQ-FJ alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_Gq6RlQ-FJ kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-9.png\" data-description=\"Photos of attacks on sheep on the Argentinian side. Courtesy of Lucila Apolinaire.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-9.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-9.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-9.png\" data-id=\"50995\" class=\"wp-image-50995 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Photos of attacks on sheep on the Argentinian side. Courtesy of Lucila Apolinaire.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-10.png\" data-description=\"Photos of attacks on sheep on the Argentinian side. Courtesy of Lucila Apolinaire.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-10.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-10.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-10.png\" data-id=\"50996\" class=\"wp-image-50996 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Photos of attacks on sheep on the Argentinian side. Courtesy of Lucila Apolinaire.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-11.png\" data-description=\"Photos of attacks on sheep on the Argentinian side. Courtesy of Lucila Apolinaire.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-11.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-11.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-11.png\" data-id=\"50997\" class=\"wp-image-50997 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Photos of attacks on sheep on the Argentinian side. Courtesy of Lucila Apolinaire.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-12.png\" data-description=\"Wild dogs on a rural road in Chile. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-12.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-12.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-12.png\" data-id=\"50998\" class=\"wp-image-50998 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Wild dogs on a rural road in Chile. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-13.png\" data-description=\"Sylvan ducks near Ushuaia. Birds are also victims of these dogs. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-13.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-13.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-13.png\" data-id=\"50999\" class=\"wp-image-50999 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Sylvan ducks near Ushuaia. Birds are also victims of these dogs. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-14.png\" data-description=\"More than 350 penguins were found dead in an Argentinian reserve. Courtesy of La Opini\u00f3n Austral.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-14.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-14.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-14.png\" data-id=\"51000\" class=\"wp-image-51000 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">More than 350 penguins were found dead in an Argentinian reserve. Courtesy of La Opini\u00f3n Austral.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-15.png\" data-description=\"Map of affected areas between 2006 and 2008 on the Argentinian side. College of Veterinary Medicine of Tierra del Fuego.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-15.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-15.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-15.png\" data-id=\"51001\" class=\"wp-image-51001 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Map of affected areas between 2006 and 2008 on the Argentinian side. College of Veterinary Medicine of Tierra del Fuego.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-16.png\" data-description=\"Ren\u00e9 Milicevic, Chilean producer of the ranch La Florida. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-16.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-16.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-16.png\" data-id=\"51002\" class=\"wp-image-51002 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ren\u00e9 Milicevic, Chilean producer of the ranch La Florida. Photography by Santiago Su\u00e1rez.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-17.png\" data-description=\"Herd of sheep in Chile, with traces of having suffered an attack. Courtesy of Rodrigo Filipic.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-17.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-17.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-17.png\" data-id=\"51003\" class=\"wp-image-51003 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Herd of sheep in Chile, with traces of having suffered an attack. Courtesy of Rodrigo Filipic.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-18.png\" data-description=\"Herd of sheep in Chile, with traces of having suffered an attack. Courtesy of Rodrigo Filipic.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-18.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-18.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-18.png\" data-id=\"51004\" class=\"wp-image-51004 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Herd of sheep in Chile, with traces of having suffered an attack. Courtesy of Rodrigo Filipic.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-19.png\" data-description=\"Herd of sheep in Chile, with traces of having suffered an attack. Courtesy of Rodrigo Filipic\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-19.png\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-19.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20072017-19.png\" data-id=\"51005\" class=\"wp-image-51005 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Herd of sheep in Chile, with traces of having suffered an attack. Courtesy of Rodrigo Filipic<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"They \r\nused to attack near Porvenir only, but now the problem is that all the dogs from \r\nthe Argentine side are coming to us\", affirms Rodrigo Filipic, another grandson \r\nof Croatians who presides over the Chilean Cattlemen Association of Tierra del \r\nFuego. He keeps several images and videos that he recorded with his cellphone \r\nafter an attack on his sheep. \"We were moving the animals from the winter fields \r\nto the summer ones and kept them in a stable. A large dog came in, frontally \r\nattacking many sheep, and splitted their jaws in two halves with one single \r\nbite. We lost 60 sheep in a few hours\" he tells us. Filipic is particularly \r\nmoved by the images of a sheep that survived the attack, but could barely \r\nbreathe.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\ndog that caused such damage was nowhere to be found, although he had a suspect: \r\nhis neighbors had seen an imposing Argentine Mastiff lurking in the area those \r\ndays. This is the only canine breed native to that country, created by Dr. \r\nAntonio Nores Mart\u00ednez in the 1920s. They are huge animals with iron jaws that \r\nwere \"programmed\" to hunt large prey such as pumas, deer and wild boars. It is \r\nstill a mystery how that dog came to Isla Grande and we will not know why it was \r\nat large and roaming around the countryside. We do know that a sheep has small \r\nchance of survival if it comes accross a dog wandering the southernmost \r\nterritories of this world.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* \r\nThe second part of this report will be published next Tuesday, July \r\n25&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rene Milicevic, de Estancia Florida (Tierra del Fuego, Chile)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E4cUYcE-mn4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n<div class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend pgfw-icon-display pgfw-icon-display--default\" style=\"--pgfw-icon-justify:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/?action=genpdf&#038;id=327\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button pgfw-single-pdf-download-button--default pgfw-single-pdf-download-button--icon-only\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"--pgfw-icon-width:25px;--pgfw-icon-height:45px;\" aria-label=\"Download PDF\"><span class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button__media\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These far ends of glaciers and fjords, that once enchanted Darwin and Chatwin, Theroux and Hudson, have become the setting for postapocalyptic sceneries in which packs of feral dogs not only prey the local fauna and the cattle but also attack people. 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