A few months ago, we sent a 23 kg suit­ca­se of uni­forms and other mate­rials dona­ted by the Bar­ce­lo­na Zoo to the staff at the Yana Cocha Park in the Ama­zon region of Ecua­dor, through their deputy direc­tor, Raúl Cua­tre­ca­ses, who visi­ted us in Barcelona.

SOS Pri­ma­tes orga­ni­zes and dis­tri­bu­tes this mate­rial, a valua­ble resour­ce for reco­very cen­ters, sanc­tua­ries, and other zoo­lo­gi­cal ins­ti­tu­tions. Uni­forms, boots, and glo­ves always faci­li­ta­te the work of the ani­mal care­ta­kers and ulti­ma­tely impro­ve the qua­lity of life for the animals.

Yana Cocha is a Kich­wa word mea­ning “Black Lagoon”; it is an ins­ti­tu­tion dedi­ca­ted to the care, mana­ge­ment, pro­tec­tion, and reha­bi­li­ta­tion of wild­li­fe vic­tims of ille­gal traf­fic­king in the Ecua­do­rian Amazon.

The Yana­co­cha Ani­mal Res­cue Cen­tre owns its name after the lar­ge lagoon of this color, whe­re cai­mans and other spe­cies live. Unfor­tu­na­tely, they can’t return to their natu­ral habi­tats, thus remai­ning under pro­fes­sio­nal super­vi­sion at the biopark.

The cen­ter res­cues and shel­ters spe­cies of flo­ra and fau­na that have fallen vic­tim to ille­gal traf­fic­king, currently hou­sing over 250 spe­ci­mens, inclu­ding small feli­nes, pri­ma­tes, macaws, tou­cans, turtles, cai­mans, and other species.

Addi­tio­nally, it fea­tu­res the Taman­dua Eco­lo­gi­cal Reser­ve, which ser­ves as a fun­da­men­tal pillar for research, reha­bi­li­ta­tion, and the relea­se of Ama­zo­nian wildlife.

You can learn more about their work at https://yanacocharescue.com/.

Thank you to ever­yo­ne invol­ved, espe­cially Raúl, for their kind­ness and collaboration.

If you tra­vel to any country with reco­very cen­ters and wish to help, do not hesi­ta­te to con­tact us at info@sosprimates.org.