WILDLIFE PRESERVATION PROJECT

AKUMAL MONKEY SANCTUARY & RESCUED ANIMALS

More than 40 monkeys need your help. This project aims to provide the spider and howler monkeys that live in the Akumal Monkey Sanctuary with 3 basic needs: Welfare, Health and Nutrition.

Throughout history, Mexican primates have been highly threatened due to illegal trade, population growth in their natural habitats, pollution, and environmental factors.

38 SPIDER MONKEYS

Ateles geoffroyi

19 Females | 19 Males

8 HOWLER MONKEYS

Alouatta pigra

3 Females | 5 Males

WILDLIFE PRESERVATION PROJECT

3 Basic Needs

1. WELFARE

Every day, animal welfare technicians are in charge of keeping the specimens in the best conditions. Seeking to provide the necessary stimuli for an optimal quality of life.

MONTHLY COST OF THE AREA

4 Animal Welfare Technicians Monthly Salary
$ 36, 510 MXN

Monthly Material Expenditure
$ 11, 966 MXN

MONTHLY COST OF WELFARE AREA
$48,476 MXN

Approximately $2000 USD

2. HEALTH

A preventive medicine program is carried out with the aim of keeping the specimens in the best health conditions. Deworming, vaccination, supplementation, weighing monitoring, periodic medication schedules are constantly applied.

MONTHLY COST OF THE AREA

1 Veterinarian Monthly Salary
$ 12, 381 MXN

Monthly Material Expenditure
$ 3, 246 MXN

MONTHLY COST OF HEALTH AREA
$15,627 MXN

Approximately $780 USD

3. NUTRITION

The nutrition technicians are in charge of the daily preparation of all the diets of the animals in our care. With the objective of satisfying the nutritional requirements in quantity and quality, in relation to the conditions in which they live.

MONTHLY COST OF THE AREA

1 Nutrition Technician Monthly Salary
$ 9,127 MXN

Monthly Food Expenditure
$ 46,858 MXN

MONTHLY COST OF NUTRITION AREA
$55,985 MXN

Approximately $2800 USD

TO DO IT POSSIBLE WE NEED

$120K MXN/MONTH

Approximately $6000 USD / month

Welfare, Health & Nutrition for the animals that inhabit Akumal Monkey Sanctuary & Rescued Animals.

Join our community of donors.

With your help we can guarantee the quality of life of the spider and howler monkeys that live at Akumal Monkey Sanctuary & Rescued Animals.