Meet Our Rescues!
Our rescued animals come to us in many ways. Some are found injured or abandoned. Others were formerly owned as pets and donated to us by their former owners, but the large majority of our rescued animals come from the illegal sale and trade of wildlife species sold in the black market. Due to extreme poverty in the Amazon jungle, many locals see the sale and trade of wild animals as a means to feed their families. However, they are putting enormous stresses these species and their habitats, and many of these animals are now on the verge of extinction due to the illegal poaching of these species.
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Each of our rescued animals has their own unique and special story of survival. By telling their stories we hope that you can begin to better understand what these animals experience from the time of their rescue, to their process of rehabilitation, and later to their release back into the wild. We also hope to spread awareness of the species extinction crisis we are experiencing not only in the Amazon but around the world, and how critical it is for us to act to conserve these species and their habitats.
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If you are interested in supporting these animals during their rehabilitation, you can sponsor our animals in the form of a donation, which goes towards paying expenses for food, medicine and special medical treatment during their stay at the Amazon Rescue Center.
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We humbly thank you for your support!
Meet “Shicshi” the Manatee!
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Because most of our baby manatees are found as orphans, we must bottle feed them by hand for 2 years until they are able to eat aquatic lettuce. Baby manatees are lactose intolerant, which means they must have a very special milk made for marine mammals. Each bag of milk cost us $80USD per bag, and each baby manatee needs to be feed every 2 hours! This means we use one of these $80 bags a milk every 2 to 3 days to keep one baby manatee properly fed! It’s very expensive!
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“Shischi” is a female Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) who was named after an indigenous community called “Shicshina”, which is along the Tapiche River, a tributary of the Amazon. She was only 4 months old when she arrived to the Amazon Rescue Center on February 16th, 2016. She only weighed 14.3 kilograms or approximately 32 pounds when she arrived. As a baby she was attacked with a machete in her upper snout area as seen in the photo. She was found with severe malnutrition and dehydrated. This is a very common case with most of our rescued manatees, as they are considered a delicacy in the Amazon jungle and they constantly being hunted for their meat.
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If you are interested in sponsoring “Shischi”, you can make a donation here.
Meet “Micky” the Ocelot!
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However, the Amazonian Ocelot is by no means a pet. They are aggressive predators, only second to the Jaguar in the Amazon Rainforest for land based predators. Micky is still relatively young and he is being fed healthy food in order to prepare him to be released. Micky’s daily diet includes two live chickens in order to maintain his natural hunting instincts so he can be ready for the jungle when he is released.
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“Micky” is a male Amazonian Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) that was only 1 month old when he was brought to our center in July of 2016 from an indigenous community where he was being kept as a pet.
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Meet “Maki” the Spider Monkey!
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When “Maki” arrived to our center, it was necessary to use tools to remove chains that had been put around her torso and her neck. She was in a state of malnutrition, very dehydrated, and very scared of people when she arrived. Now, no longer chained, she is recuperating at the center.
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Maki, female, is also known by her scientific name as “Sapajus macrocephalus”. She was rescued in November of 2018. She was previously kept as a pet, where she was chained to a tree, unable to move freely.
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