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On the 12th of February we were able to help in the confiscation of a sub-adult yellow tailed woolly monkey that was kept tied in a private garden in the town of Pedro Ruiz Gallo. The confiscation was led by the Jose Humberto Delgado from the Administracion Technica de Flora y Fauna Silvestre - Amazonas with the help of the local police of Pedro Ruiz Gallo and the public prosecuter of the area. The team did a very efficient and professional job and the monkey was safe in the IKAMA Peru rescue center less then 24 hours from when we first became aware of him in captivity. Allthough the monkey was kept by an old lady who did not delibaratly harm him, after spending almost 10 months in very unsuitable conditions he was in very poor shape. We are hoping that he will get better soon with the great care that he is getting at IKAMA Peru.
Also this month the same group of athorities managed to confiscate a tamarin monkey, an Andean night monkey, two capuchins and seven macaws. This exelent work by the authorities is taking the region a big step forward towards eliminating the ilegal wildlife trade.
The Long whiskered owlet, one of the rarest birds on earth, was filmed and photographed on January the 24th, in NPC’s main research area, La Esperanza. The owlet was observed by Shachar Alterman, an Israeli birdwatcher who joined the project for a month to carry out bird inventories in the region. The species was also seen by Noga Shanee, co-founder of the organization, and Edin Fonseca, a local guide without whos help it may not have been possible to find such a rare species.
On the 24th 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.
INRENA (Peruvian Environmental Authority) and the public prosecutor for the environment confiscated an Andean bear from a wildlife dealer in Amazonas. The man was transporting the bear in a small wooden box. Concerned onlookers, noticing there was an animal in the box, called the authorities who acted quickly to confiscate the bear. The bear, which is about one year old, was taken the same night to Chaparri, a communal reserve in the North of Peru where they rescue, release and protect Andean bears.
Wawan, the yellow tailed woolly monkey that we rescued last December, is doing great at the IKAMA Peru rescue center. She is now almost one year old, and very attached to her adoptive mother, Helene. She is in good health, eating a lot and is always very happy to play with the other young monkeys at the center.
Reforestation work is going great, more and more people and communities are coming to us to ask for help to start new reforestation projects. Children from La Florida school made a special project in which they planted all the trees that they were growing in their school nursery, initiated by NPC. They also brought another 1000 trees, ready to plant, from Peruvian NGO ECOAN which has a nursery in the area. The children were very enthusiastic and argued about who could plant the most trees. Each child is responsible for all the trees they planted and they go to check on them daily.