According to the previous investigation, Ricardo La Regina used a backhoe to make a road parallel to the coast without proper authorization.
The verdict against Ricardo La Regina, he rancher accused of the slaughter of penguins in Punta Tombo in 2021determined his guilt, according to what was decreed in the court of Chubut whose judges are Carlos Richieri, Eve Ponce and Laura Martini.
On October 28, the oral trial against The Regina accused of the crimes of aggravated damage and animal cruelty for having “the alleged death of numerous penguins in the ranch Punta Claralocated north of the reserve Tombo Pointduring the period between August and December 2021″.
According to the investigation, the livestock producer used a backhoe to make a path parallel to the coast without proper authorization, “which negatively impacted penguin nests during the breeding season.”
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In addition, he is accused of installing an electrified wire, also without permits, which “it would have affected the penguins’ environment.”
The rancher accused of the slaughter of penguins in Punta Tombo was found guilty
On the first day of debate The Regina offered a reparatory proposal with the donation of 500 hectares to the State to “finish ordering the management of the penguin resource, among them, the session of the so-called Punta Clara.”
However, the attorney general Florencia Gomez and the two plaintiffs opposed the application of the suspension of trial to evidence and the proposal.
During the arguments stage the prosecutor stressed that “The crimes committed were proven, with the testimonies of professionals and specialists who expressed themselves about the damage caused.”
Likewise, he highlighted that the “action carried out with a retro excavator machine produced a clearing of 2,049 square meters of flora and fauna, vegetation whose ownership does not correspond to the accused, but to the State, affecting in some parts irrecoverable areas, in addition to penguin nests, eggs and beaks during their reproductive stage.”
“There was a total disregard for the biodiversity of the place, since it was understood that the accused was aware of the damage he was causing in pursuit of his economic objective, which he placed above the serious environmental damage he caused,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
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