WILDLIFE PRESERVATION PROJECT
AKUMAL MONKEY SANCTUARY & RESCUED ANIMALS
More than 30 monkeys need your help. This project aims to provide the spider and howler monkeys that live in Akumal Monkey Sanctuary, with 3 basic needs: Welfare, Health and Nutrition.
Akumal Monkey Sanctuary & Rescued Animals is space created with the aim of sheltering various wild animal species mainly influenced by human or natural factors, and in most cases preventing their reintroduction into their natural habitat.
We have developed the Monkey Liberation Project with great ambition; In the short, medium and long term this will help us to conserve these species that live in Mexico.
Throughout history, Mexican primates have been very endangered, including victims of the illegal pet trade, population growth in their natural habitats, contamination, environmental factors.
29 SPIDER MONKEYS
Ateles geoffroyi
12 Females | 17 Males
10 Groups
8 HOWLER MONKEYS
Alouatta pigra
3 Females | 5 Males
5 Groups
WILDLIFE PRESERVATION PROJECT
3 Basic Needs
These 3 basic needs must be covered to face the problem that currently exists in Quintana Roo against these primates.
1. WELFARE
Animal welfare technicians are in charge of daily maintaining the best conditions in residential areas, cleaning, setting up shelters and providing the necessary stimuli that individuals require to have an adequate 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
Executing a preventive medicine program, with the aim of keeping our specimens in the best health conditions, carrying out deworming schedules, vaccination, supplementation, weighing monitoring, periodic medication.
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
Nutrition technicians are in charge of the daily preparation of all the diets of the animals that we have in our care, making a balance to satisfy 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.
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