Mundo Azul supports the Amazon Orphanage Pilpintuwasi
“Chavo” and “Pauly”, the Red Uakary monkeys

“Chavo” was confiscated by the institute of natural resources (INRENA) – the government entity who is in charge of Peruvian fauna and flora.
Red Uacaries are a species in danger of extinction, and the baby monkey had been offered at the market of Belen. His mother had been shot, and the little animal had a bullet wound in his chest and a broken ankle – probably due to the fall when his mother was killed. Chavo lives now for about 4-5 years in Pilpintuwasi and is probably almost 5 years old. The exact age of Pilpintuwasis animals is never known, as they arrive mostly when they are already in a very bad state – having been kept for days or weeks without any appropriate food and little love or care.
Chavo is the monkey who’s been the longest at Pilpintuwasi and he is Gudruns darling. He has a very gentle character, although lately he gets sometimes a bit jealous (he has 7 monkey “brothers” now!!). He is very protective with all the other animals. If any of it screams, Chavo comes immediately to check what’s going on.
Besides he loves to groom – not only Pilpintuwasis staff or the other monkeys, but almost everybody who visits. He also loves to be groomed by visitors.
“Pauly” was brought to Pilpintuwasi by a woman from the Shipibo tribe. The lady comes from a clan who think they are descendents of the Uacary monkeys and when she saw on her way to Iquitos how a man killed a Uacary mother she tried to rescue the baby. Doña Teresa has known the orphanage for quite some time and she decided to leave the monkey with Gudrun. When “Pauly” arrived, she was very young, maybe about two weeks old, as the bones of her head were still completely soft. Pilpintuwasis staff was very afraid she might not survive, but she is a fighter and when she got a terrible diarrhea in the beginning, she drank a whole day coconut milk and made it through.
She is incredible sweet and funny, dances around like a hyperactive child and loves her baby food. Lately she moves around with her ‘big brother’ Chavo and it’s amazing how agile she is.
Help us repairing a little bit of the damage humans have done to these animals.
• $5 will care for one of the turtles for a month;
• $30 for feed Rosa the anteater until she moves onto ants;
• $50 will feed all of the birds;
• $280 will feed Pedro Bello, the Jaguar;
• $250 will provide care for the Ocelot.
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Page author: Stefan Austermühle