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Kantutani builds new aviary

The influx of rescued parrots is overwhelming. People everywhere want to have parrots in their homes and they don’t realise they are not meant to be pets. As a result, thousands of parrots are kidnapped from their habitats and while being transported most of them die. The ones that survive make it into the pet

Project Report 2017

The following is a report written by the construction manager at La Senda Verde, who has taken care of all the construction projects of the year. We would like to thank the donors and volunteers who have made possible to advance in all of these projects. DECEMBER 2016 – JANUARY 2017 Puma enclosure 10×13.50×10 mts. 

Jaguar enclosure

Cubai is a 15 year old male Jaguar that was living at the La Paz Zoo and was not having a good time with the weather and the high altitude. He needs a new, lower place to live in. Senda Verde has the right weather, but not the right space. We need to urgently construct

Margay enclosure

A baby female (Sasha) was rescued ten years ago, and a juvenile male (Guanay) 2 years ago. They get along very well and have been sharing a small enclosure. Time has come to provide a better place in the feline area. The Story Sasha and Guanay are two Margays that were rescued from people that

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ACS Calvert School First Graders Adopt Three Animals

On a special adoption program designed just for them, the three first grade classes of the ACS Calvert School in La Paz Bolivia, have participated in fundraising activities to support the maintenance expenses of three animals at La Senda Verde for the month of May. These animals are: Mara, the paralytic spider monkey and baby

Take A Way project coming to La Senda Verde

Clement Rouche, a french traveller and marketing master student has taken a leap into a fabulous project where he seeks to travel by motorcycle through South America visiting different organisations that support the environment and people. One of the organisations he will visit and support is La Senda Verde.  Here you may watch a video

New monkeys, new monkey enclosures

As we informed the public last week in a facebook publication, we recently received six monkeys, four tufted Capuchins, one white-fronted Capuchin, a tailless Howler monkey and a Squirrel monkey.   They arrived along with nine birds, in a recent batch of new arrivals that continue to come at an alarming pace. La Senda Verde is

Among continuing rains, critical new arrivals

The intense rain season has not taken a vacation this Easter, while hundreds of visitors from La Paz were coming to visit the wildlife sanctuary because of the holidays, we were sending out the excavator to channel the river for the 5th time and receiving a critical amount of new animals. Thousands of dollars have been

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Recently Added Species Fact Files

Alouatta sara

BOLIVIAN RED HOWLER SPECIES FACT FILE   Scientific name: Alouatta sara English names: Bolivian Red Howling Monkey, Bolivian Red Howler Spanish and local names: Mono Aullador Rojo Boliviano, Manechi, Manechi colorado Size: 52 – 57cm (20.6 -22.4 inches) Weight: 5.8 – 7.7 Kg (13-17 pounds) Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Atelidae

Chelonoidis denticulata

YELLOW-FOOTED TORTOISE SPECIES FACT FILE   Scientific name: Chelonoidis denticulata English names: South American Yellow-footed Tortoise, Brazilian Giant Tortoise Spanish and local names: Morrocoy, Motelo Residents at la Senda Verde: +10 Size: up to 82 cm The largest of them all There are two main land turtles throughout the amazon basin, the Yellow-foot and Red-Foot

Ara ararauna

BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW SPECIES FACT FILE   Scientific name: Ara ararauna English names: Blue-and-yellow macaw Spanish and local names: Guacamayo, Papagayo o Paraba azul-amarillo Residents at la Senda Verde: +10 Size: 76–86 cm (30–34 in) Weight: 0.900–1.5 kg (2–3 lb)   The Ara Genus of the Parrot Family Blue-and-yellow macaws are one of the eight members of the Ara genus

Ateles Chamek

SPIDER MONKEY SPECIES FACT FILE   Scientific name: Ateles Chamek English names: Black-faced Spider monkey, Peruvian Spider monkey Spanish and local names: Marimono, Mono araña At la Senda Verde: +70 individuals Special cases: Mara Body Weight: 9 kilograms (20 lb) Body length: 70 centimetres (24 in) Tail length: 1 meter (36 in)   Why Spider

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