Too many capybaras: Rodents face vasectomies in luxury Argentine community
Residents of the Nordelta gated community, built on a wetland, complain that the population of the species has tripled in just over three years
Nordelta is one of Argentina’s best-known gated communities. Built two decades ago on a wetland neighboring the Luján River, north of Buenos Aires, it now has 45,000 wealthy inhabitants, living in landscaped homes with views of lakes and streams. The habitat has changed in the past 20 years, but it is still a tempting one for one of its former occupants, the capybaras, whose numbers have tripled to more than 1,000 in just over three years. Most neighbors have gone from viewing these giant rodents with sympathy to reporting attacks on pets and destruction of plants. Many are now demanding something be done.
