Ten years ago I founded the Canaote Rescue and Shelter Facility for monkeys. You know there is a shocking trade in endangered monkeys. Here the police are very vigorous in confiscating the animals but they need professional veterinary care and reeducating before they can be released again into the wild. Some of them are too badly damaged mentally or physically to be released and have to be kept in shelter perhaps permanently. The facility has become well known and every week we are asked to take more animals. The work here has got beyond my ability to either finance or manage it alone. I have had to employ staff to assist in the cleaning and feeding. Fortunately we are nearly self-supporting for their food. The Botanic Garden has many fruit trees that supply an abundance of good food. We have some five hundred hectares of land here so we are not short of space to expand the facility. We are also on the very edge of deep forest, very suitable for the release of primates. All we are really missing is the cash to do the work. New cages need metal polls and wire that is expensive. This is a very worthwhile work. With the damage that we as a human race are doing to the environment and the habitat of these little people, we owe it to them to make some effort at repair.

I am probably one of the worlds most incompetent fund raisers. I know that you on the other hand are good at it.  If you have time, would you ask around amongst old friends maybe there are people who care enough to make a donation to our Facility?

These are the major points:-

Minimum we need funds for immediate construction of more animal locations, Work costing approximately US$20 000.

But this site has the potential for much larger development. Now we are talking about big money.

It could be developed into a profitable business.

(!). The combined interest of the Botanic Garden and the Animal rescue center as well as the proximity to fairly deep forest is all that is needed for a larger tourist attraction. 

(2). The construction of says ten small but good quality cottages, with a restaurant facility nearby.

(3). The layout of a safe but interesting nature walk suitable for the both the athletic and the elderly.

(4). The provision of a small bus to transfer people to and from Valencia Airport.

Mail me for details of how to donate

canaote@yahoo.co.uk