Kristine Tompkins, conservationist and former CEO of Patagonia, is leading a groundbreaking effort to reintroduce jaguars to Chaco Province in Argentina. This ambitious project, which involves transporting jaguars by plane, is part of Tompkins' larger vision to restore healthy populations of various species across South America, ultimately connecting them from Patagonia to Texas.
Even for a very frequent flier, this is a singular first. It’s October, and I’m zipping over northern Argentina in a Cessna Grand Caravan — the kind of workhorse airplane I used to skydive out of a lifetime ago. The plan is to stay inside, but this flight still thrills because the passenger list includes a wild jaguar. And it has just woken up. The 74-year-old woman sitting next to me shows concern — not for our safety — but that of the apex predator in the box right behind our seats.
Some believed they were going to melt the glaciers and sell the water to China or create a shelter for Jewish people to escape World War III. “The first five years were very rough,” Kris recalls. “Death threats and a lot of upheaval for team members.” She says their phones were tapped and Chilean military planes would even buzz the Tompkins’ cabin, but they preserved until the politics changed and they could prove their intent with the opening of Pumalin National Park.
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