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Rewilding Chile Releases Treated Huemul Deer to Patagonia

8/6/2026

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Rewilding Chile released the huemul deer Distraido after a month of intensive care at its rescue center.
The center treated caseous lymphadenitis, a deadly 2015 disease spread from livestock, with antibiotics.
Rangers will track Distraido with a high-frequency transmitter as he returns to his herd in Patagonia National Park, while Tompkins Conservation president Kristine Tompkins warned the huemul could vanish as a keystone species.

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Rewilding Chile released the huemul deer Distraido after a month of intensive care at its rescue center.
The center treated caseous lymphadenitis, a deadly 2015 disease spread from livestock, with antibiotics.
Rangers will track Distraido with a high-frequency transmitter as he returns to his herd in Patagonia National Park, while Tompkins Conservation president Kristine Tompkins warned the huemul could vanish as a keystone species.