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A new tapir

Wagra was a victim of wildlife trafficking. She was rescued and cared for at Kuri Pachamama, a wildlife rehabilitation center in Ecuador. Animals stay at the center for a short time to prepare for their release. However, there is no space for a tapir release close to Misahualli, where the center is located. Therefore, Kuri Pachamama cooperates with amaZOOnico. On the 12th of July 2025, Wagra arrived at amaZOOnico to join the tapir release programme. After acclimatising to her new surroundings in an enclosure near her release spot, she will be released into the Selva Viva protected rainforest at the end of August. A researcher from Kuri Pachamama will observe Wagra’s behaviour before and after the release.

Due to tapir sightings on the road through Selva Viva, amaZOOnico is planning to install warning signs along the route. One of these is sponsored by Kuri Pachamama and another by Roots & Shoots Ecuador. The other four are paid by amaZOOnico.

 Kuri Pachamama

Roots & Shoots

Charity run

We wish all students and teachers of the Marie Curie Gymnasium in Dresden lots of fun, luck and energy for their rainforest fundraising run, which will take place on May 5, 2025. Over the past 20 years, countless projects, such as the reintroduction of white-bellied spider monkeys, the protection of other rainforest areas and the rehabilitation and release of endangered animal species, have already been realized in amaZOOnico with this fundraising run. We are very grateful for this and look with confidence into the future and forward to many more years of good cooperation!