Animal Sanctuary Back to The Community Good Morning! Buen Dia! Today I am reaching out to you to let you know we are supporting our local neighbors in Union Capiri, build an animal sanctuary. Union Capiri, is the hub of the Ashanika nation in the central jungle. It is sandwiched by the andes, and therefore is a mountainous region of the jungle. With the differing altitudes it provides a wide range of species to maintain its homeostasis. My neighbors Luis and Katy and there children are building the animal sanctuary on 3 Hectares (7.4 acres) of land in the Rio Negro District of Junin. They are working in relation with "Asociacion de empesario ecoturisticos de chanchamayo- ASEMECH" in this project as the association has another animal sanctuary in another section of the jungle. With Peru's extensive biodiversity, Peru is home to many exotic animals and insects. Peru is one of South America's richest and most evocative countries, with many ancient cultures and ecology in ways we can barely understand. However, due to human interference with Mono-agriculture for exportation, and mining for precious resources, and hunting for food or out of fear from lack of knowledge about different species; this had led to the unfortunate extinction of many animals, with many more under threat. If you take the time to research the species under threat, you will see that many monkey and otter species are on the list as well as cats and birds. However, there is a great lack in the information surrounding the reptiles and insects that are endangered in critical condition. If we do not help, then we are at a greater risk of losing the forests completely. The current list of endangered animals are: *yellow tailed monkey *andean mountain cat *andean condor *spectacled bear *white-winged guan *marine otter *giant otter *bald uakari *peruvian plant cutter *jaguar *tapirus *mountain tapir *pudu *anteaters *curassow *uakari *rio mayo titi monkey *Melanomys Zunigae *white-bellied spider monkey *marvelous spatuletail *amazon pink river dolphin *wooly monkey *telmatobius culeus *guans *amazonian mantee *oxapampa poison frog *junin grebe *vicuna *blue whaale *Atelopus erythropus *white bellied cinclodes *humboldt penguin *linnaeus two toed sloth *shrews *white tailed deer *phrynopus juninensis *atelopus peruensis *atelopus pyrodactylus *green anaconda *kinkajou *bush dog *Nannostomus Mortenthaleri *atelopus eusebiodiazi *atelopus patazensis just to name a few... My son, since he could speak would share his destiny with me in having a reptile sanctuary. Now by supporting my neighbors Luis and Katy and their children build this animal sanctuary I can support him in following his dream from a young age. They are currently starting the construction of the sanctuary and are looking for animal lovers and animal activists to help them with the building. They are also looking for herptologists and other caretakes that can help educate the locals in preservation and the importance of keeping these creatures. If you are interested please let me know! Warmly, Mama Jungles Construction Plans Page 1: Page 3: Page 4: Page 5: