Patagonia, a Treasure Trove of Nature
In danger of being submerged by a dam project
The last remaining Goucho and his family herd the sheep and cattle that feed the staff at the Estancia Chacabuco, this estancia, previously one of the largest in Chilean Patagonia is now becoming the new Patagonia National Park. The process of creating the park involves removing fences and most of the animals from the property to allow these grasslands to heal. Gaucho: Erasmo Betancur Casanova (nickname: Beta) and his wife Eliana Casanova herding animals on horseback, cooking in their camp kitchen and sheering sheep. Also scenes of Beta lassoing a cow and then bleeding it to death and then the entire family and estancia staff butchering the cow. (Photo by Bridget Besaw/Aurora Photos/AFLO) [2980]