Extinction of this species.

The root causes of the sharp reduction in numbers of species have been hunting for the leather industry, captured for the pet trade, and to a lesser extent, its use for food by local people , which occasionally consume eggs as well as the reduction of their habitat.

Several projects alligator breeding farms in Brazil and Argentina, part of the production is returned to the environment, and the remainder is for commercial slaughter.One of the most important breeding sites of Argentina in Corrientes province, with more than 10,000 copies, of which you can see a copy of "albino alligator"