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Peru 2006

In September of 2006 I spent two weeks in the city of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon. The trip, conservation work with Zoo Peru, a non-profit ogganization based out of the United States, was sponsered by the San Diego Zoo. We worked at a holding facility with the government agency Inrena, the Peruvian equivalant of our Fish and Game Dept. The animals housed at this facility were confiscated on the market and are now kept in small cages in a "temporary" situation. Unfortunately "temporary" can mean up to two years or more. The first animal to receive the help from Zoo Peru was an Ocelot.
The ocelot had lived in a crate that was about 1 meter x 1 meter square for 2 years. Using wood poles and chain link we built a big space for the animal to live in that was 6 meters x 4 meters x 3 meters tall.
bug, green/orange
bug, green/orange
cup fungus
cup fungus
croton-green/yellow
croton-green/yellow
brown mushroom
brown mushroom
bug
bug
belen market
belen market
croton leaf
croton leaf
flower
flower
grasshopper
grasshopper
the Ocelot
the Ocelot
leaf
leaf
termites
termites
witches butter
witches butter
A Dangerous Native
A Dangerous Native
village boy
village boy
walking home
walking home
marmaset
marmaset
play time
play time
gift 2
gift 2