By Monique Pool | Founder and Director
First of all, let me thank all of you, who immediately responded to the call of the sloths to save their trees. We have reserved the funds so that once the plans of the owners are crystallized and the forest will be sold, we have the money to pay for it. It is important for us to know, that you are as passionate about the sloths and their home as we are.
Secondly, we can almost not believe it ourselves, but we just celebrated our 19th birthday and will next year have a big celebration. What all started with Lucia Sloth in 2005, has gained national and international recognition. A shelter for Surinamese sloths, anteaters and armadillos, that has helped over 1000 animals (I will have precise numbers by next year), will come of age.
Since we last informed you of how things are going we had 34 rescues. However, the rescues never seem to follow a specific pattern. But we did notice that we had triple rescues on certain days. So when we analyze our data, we need to check if anything special happened. Things like torrential rains, full moon, heavy wind, etc. This will teach us a lot. And help prepare for the future. A future full of uncertainties if we look at weather patterns.
One special case involved a male three-fingered sloth, who had lost his forest to a farming plot. The family who burned the trees, suddenly saw him sitting next to the burning pile of logs. His fur was scalded. After examination by our veterinary Astrid, she found no severe injuries, and the animals was released after a few days.
Although we encounter less cases of animal abuse in the past years, from time to time we do get an animal in that was maltreated. In this case, it was a severe case of animal abuse, where in addition to declawing the three-fingered sloth Lisa, the perpetrators also broke her upper-arm. When I saw the animal after three days, she was still catatonic and I had little hope for her. Lisa was not moving or eating and her fate was in the hand of our veterinary doctor and the vet student intern who was working with us, as I was traveling. And quite unexpectedly, I received a message after one day, that she was eating, looking around, and it appeared as if she had come back from a long sleep. Lisa is still around and healing. The bandage is off, and she is climbing. However, she needs to go back to the clinic to have another X-ray taken.
Every rescue animal has its own story, and we continue to ensure the best care we can get every single one of them, because we find every single animal worth the effort.
Your support means the world to us and the animals. Together, with your support, we can carry on our vital work of rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing sloths and anteaters. Every contribution, big or small, plays a crucial role in making a difference. Thank you for standing with us and being an essential part of this mission.
By Monique Pool | Director
By Monique Pool | Director
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