Iquitos Foundation, Amazon Rescue Center; a result of the
united effort among institutions such as “The Dallas World Aquarium Zoo”, “Gobierno
Regional de Loreto”, “Instituto de Investigaeiones de la Amazonia Peruana”
(Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon) and the “Acobia- DWAzoo”.
Their intent is to rescue, recover and release aquatic endangered
mammals and wildlife, supported by an environmental education program,
contributing to the conservation of these species and their ecosystems.
The Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is an endangered
species in Peru due to factors like illegal hunting and habitat degradation, but
in spite of the international and national laws to protect them the problem
continues because many amazon villagers still eat the manatee meat.
In 2007 before the rescue project started Acobia-DWAzoo
registered 15 calves dead in captivity; to mitigate this problem at the end of
that year the rescue program got started, successfully managing the rescue and
recovering of more than 25 specimens of manatees so far.
In 2011, an agreement with “PERENCO” company was signed and
the manatee training center was built, a place where the environment Education
Project was developed. Through games children learn about flora, fauna,
resource management native communities and self-esteem, making memorable
experiences with natural.
They have developed successful Amazonian manatee releases to
their natural habitats which are being tracked by radio transmission.
This information was supplied by the Iquitos Foundation,
Amazon Rescue Center.
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