![]() Ambue Ari is home to the staff, both Bolivian and foreign, who work tirelessly to keep that land safe. Wild animals that find refuge in the primary and secondary rainforest, an island of jungle that has, over the years, been aggressively destroyed. Ambue Ari also provides homes to countless others too, whose names we do not know. ![]() And these are the animals we know by name. As well as birds, coatis, peccaries, rhea, and tapirs, amongst others. Big cats like jaguars, pumas, ocelots, margays, and Geoffroy’s cats. It is home to almost a hundred animals rescued from illegal trafficking and the pet trade. ![]() They are all under Nena’s care.Īmbue Ari is right in the path of the annual wildfires that rip through the continent. CIWY manages three sanctuaries now Machía, Jacj Cuisi, and Ambue Ari. She is one of the founders and the president of Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY), a Bolivian NGO that fights the illegal wildlife trade and who, over 25 years ago, set up Bolivia’s first ever wildlife sanctuary, Parque Machía. ![]() Nena was calling from Ambue Ari, a 1000-hectare jungle sanctuary for rescued wild animals in the Amazon. ![]()
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