Last Novem­ber, we pre­pa­red seve­ral boxes of equip­ment dona­ted by the Zoo de Bar­ce­lo­na, inclu­ding uni­forms and glo­ves for the Reser­va Wild Forest . The cen­ter res­cues and reha­bi­li­ta­tes wild ani­mals. It is in the pro­vin­ce of Bar­ce­lo­na, sit­ting amidst a natu­ral lands­ca­pe of forests and mea­dows whe­re some of the res­cued ani­mals live semi-freely.

The total equip­ment weighs 68.85 kg, and the staff will use it for their daily tasks. The reser­ve does remar­ka­ble work with ani­mals con­si­de­red game spe­cies, which often don’t recei­ve the same atten­tion as other, more media-cove­red spe­cies do. They have a colla­bo­ra­tion agree­ment with the Cata­lan Govern­ment as an autho­ri­zed cen­ter to host inva­si­ve spe­cies, such as Viet­na­me­se pigs and their hybrids with wild boars, ensu­ring ethi­cal mana­ge­ment of the­se ani­mals that dis­pla­ce nati­ve wild­li­fe. The cen­ter also con­ducts awa­re­ness and edu­ca­tio­nal acti­vi­ties, and offers public visits.

SOS Pri­ma­tes has a part­nership with Bar­ce­lo­na Zoo to send dona­ted mate­rials to various wild­li­fe res­cue cen­ters, not just pri­ma­te cen­ters. In the pho­tos, you can see some of the tasks carried out at the cen­ter, as well as the team from La Reser­va Fun­da­ción Wild Forest using the mate­rials we pro­vi­ded during a visit from SOS Pri­ma­tes and some of its colla­bo­ra­tors. Thanks to ever­yo­ne invol­ved: Bar­ce­lo­na Zoo, La Reser­va Fun­da­ción Wild Forest (espe­cially María Figue­ro­la), and of cour­se, the volun­teer chain that made it all possible—Laia, David, Núria, Auro­ra, Jose, and Raúl.

If you plan to tra­vel to coun­tries with pri­ma­te cen­ters or other wild­li­fe faci­li­ties and would like to help, don’t hesi­ta­te to con­tact us so we can coor­di­na­te a ship­ment during your trip. If you’d like to learn more about this pro­ject and colla­bo­ra­te with us, plea­se wri­te to info@sosprimates.org.

https://www.reservawildforest.org/