Beavers: Patagonia Invaders

Director: Pablo Chehebar, Nicolas Iacouzzi
Production Country: Argentina | Chile
Production Year։ 2015
Duration։ 87 min

SYNOPSIS

In 1940 twenty Canadian Beavers were brought to ‘Tierra del Fuego’ island in southern Patagonia for commercial fur production. However, beavers having no natural predators quickly spread throughout the island, causing massive destruction of trees threatening the entire Patagonian forests rivers and species.
Why wildlife conservationists are convinced that 150.000 beavers must be killed?
Why some of the most recognized specialists are convinced that an extinction is not possible?
Meanwhile tourism is capitalizing on the situation: a man dressed as a beaver passes out flyers promoting a famous sky resort: ‘Cerro Castor’ – Beaver Hill. Hunters claim for subsidies, scientists are always researching, rangers do what they can and restaurants tray to offer beaver meat to tourists.
Beavers: Patagonia Invaders is a story about a hidden problem the root of which is ignorance.