In the past month of June, a colla­bo­ra­tor of SOS Pri­ma­tes, Cris­ti­na Fer­nán­dez, began volun­tee­ring work for 3 months at the Ama­zon Res­cue Cen­ter — CREA, at the Lore­to depart­ment, near Iqui­tos, Perú.

Said cen­ter has libe­ra­ted sin­ce its crea­tion in 2007 more than 10.000 ani­mals which arri­ve at the cen­ter due to many reasons, like the loss of habi­tat, colli­sion with cars, elec­tro­cu­tion with elec­tric cables, or their mothe­r’s death at the hands of poachers.

Some of the spe­cies shel­te­red the­re and which have been libe­ra­ted are birds, rep­ti­les, or amphi­bians, but also mam­mals like sloths, mana­tees, pink dolphins, or primates.

Other labors we orga­ni­ze from SOS Pri­ma­tes are the orga­ni­za­tion and deli­very of mate­rial con­ce­ded by the Bar­ce­lo­na Zoo, which dona­tes disu­sed uni­forms to the fau­na reco­very centers.

Tha­t’s why we con­tac­ted Cris­ti­na, who was hea­ding to Bar­ce­lo­na to coope­ra­te with the Ama­zon wild fau­na and could finally trans­port 20kg of work equip­ment to the care­gi­vers and the rest of the staff of the CREA. In the pho­tos, you can see some of the wor­kers with uni­forms doing tasks like giving fee­ding bottles to the small orphan manatees.

Thank you to all of the invol­ved (the Bar­ce­lo­na Zoo and CREA, in con­cre­te to its gene­ral coor­di­na­tor Juan Sán­chez Babi­lo­nia, Gui­llem Cha­con, and of cour­se, Cris­ti­na) and espe­cially all of the volun­teers of SOS­Pri­ma­tes who make an effort each day to help not only pri­ma­tes but also all of the ani­mals that they can in an altruis­tic manner.

If you tra­vel to one of the coun­tries whe­re the­re are cen­ters for pri­ma­tes or other ani­mals and you would like to help, don’t hesi­ta­te to con­tact us so we can orga­ni­ze a deli­very for your trip.

If you would like to know more about this pro­ject and colla­bo­ra­te with us wri­te at info@sosprimates.org