11 June 2012

Animal "Sanctuary"

Aside from the birds found at the lodge that we were staying, we went to an "animal sanctuary" that was a 30 minute walk away from town.  I use quotation marks because after-the-fact, we learned the true nature of this place. We were told that the sloth roamed freely on the property, but he was actually kept in a cage at night.  The parrots have their wings clipped (though this is a common practice in domestic households, right?).   The biggest problem with this place is that the monkey is only in their possession after they killed the mother. (In hindsight, the monkey did seem a little skittish and messed up in the head) And they have a baby tiger, one month old. We don't know the story about how he came to be a resident, but there is now suspicion... and by the way, what the hell are they gonna do with him once he becomes big?

So while I can't condone anyone else to visit this place and give them money (they charged ten soles, $4 per group for a visit), you can see the pictures.   Please let me know what some of these animals are- they told me the names in Spanish, but I did not recognize them.

a sleepy sloth

the swingin' monkey

a chase!


 the sloth moves faster than I expected... not slow motion, but still slow for its size

 I originally was getting my picture taken with just the blue parrot, but the red one jumped on me quickly before the photo was taken.


what is this bird?

 I wanna say they are razorback pigs, but really, what are they?

 these buddies were friendly, but what are they?











1 comment:

  1. i can tell christine hasn't yet seen this post, because if she had there would be traces of her head exploding from the cuteness of you holding a baby tiger.

    be ready for that

    miss you bro,
    jr

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