In South America’s remote southern pampas, local gauchos were once paid by farmers to kill pumas, a huge threat to livestock. Even illegalisation couldn’t stop the slaughter. But one woman has been instrumental in changing hearts and minds; a cultural shift that’s led to thriving puma numbers and a surge in tourism. Meet Pía Vergara.
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