Thursday, 05 August 2010 10:06

Last year 1091 copies were seized and this year are more than 400. Cali Zoo and the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Valle launch campaign to prevent sale and purchase of species. He was a bus trip from Putumayo which made up eight Flemish Cali. It was not an express itself or in the care of experts. To avoid police controls or environmental authorities took three days and all times were in bags and no food. In another round of killings, a marmoset came from the Middle Magdalena. They had cut the fangs, claws and part of the hair dyed to make it more attractive. And a Chick water is believed to be the Valley and a long leg is broken.

A turtle shell smashed him to pass over a car to test its strength.

The Flemings now now part of the collection of species in the Cali Zoo. One of the few happy cases in which recovered and maintained without major damage, the marmoset and water Pollita recover but have serious injuries and the turtle died.


Are any of the 400 cases on average attends semiannual Care Center Wildlife (Caf) in the Cali Zoo. Stadln Juliana Peña, head of the Animal Welfare Unit, and who heads the center, states that the specimens seen are just a sampling of the dimensions of wildlife trafficking. In 2009, 1091 copies were seized.


"The traffic exceeds the capacity of resources and attention. It is estimated that at least five times higher than those arriving or are served. In addition to the risks to the species, also for families. A Titi like these, with fractured teeth, stressed, biting children and adults and then grab a stick and to have been shot or maimed, "he says. In the last six months have gone over 40 marmosets, a species most affected by trafficking of wildlife, along with parrots and turtles, reptiles and amphibians. More than 80 percent can not return to their areas because it is not known where it came from, many act in flocks and when you get a weird guy they attack and kill.


One risk in homes



In addition to injuries, the same diet puts families at risk. Homemade food with a single product or causes damage to their metabolism, their bones are deformed and lose their hair or feathers.


The risk to humans, as well as bites, are diseases that can cause, such as rabies, hepatitis B, tuberculosis and salmonellosis, among others.


"It is estimated that 80 percent of the specimens died in the capture or transportation. Of those arriving, to 35 or 40 percent have to apply for compassionate euthanasia severity of injuries, like broken turtle. Another 15 percent is released and the others are treated or comes to specialized centers, "she says.


In the metropolitan area of Cali operate three of these centers. The Zoo Café, Villa Lorena Ana Julia Torres guiding, a teacher who spends his free time and resources to this kind of hospital and nursing home for animals, and the center of San Emigdio, in Palmyra, under the guidance of the CVC.


The three facilities are overwhelmed, or veterinary resources, operations and care. "The Environmental Police are discouraged because sometimes we can not serve them, they could not continue to make operational. There must be a high, people have to be aware of the harm to the animals, the species and humans themselves. From the diversity ecological chain and human survival depends on it, "she says Juliana.



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