On the 24^th of last month we were able to rescue a baby common woolly monkey (Lagothrix poepiggi) being kept illegally as a pet in the town of Pedro Ruiz Gallo. Thanks to the excellent work of Jose Humberto Delgado, forestry engineer of the Direcion Regional de Flora y Fauna Silvestre and the local police of Pedro Ruiz Gallo baby Umin was confiscated with very little trouble. When we found her she was very small, hungry and drunk (her owner showed us proudly how she likes drinking beer) but is now recovering at the IKAMA Peru rescue centre in Moyobamba where she will eventually be housed with other rescued woolly monkeys of her species and hopefully reintroduced into the wild when she is older.

Environmental education work continues at our La Esperanza project where volunteers from our first organised expedition organised activities in three local schools. The volunteers also collected valuable data on yellow tailed woolly monkey behaviour. We are also lucky to have eight students from the Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodriguez de Mendoza - Chachapoyas with us at the moment. These students are doing there practical experience in primary education by teaching environmental education course in four of the local schools, NPC is funding this two months project not only to help bring environmental education to the classroom but also to help the formation of the next generation of Peruvian environmentalists.