Women Rising 18: Rescuers of Wildlife

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. They have combined passion for nature with a professional approach on animal care and release, along with rainforest conservation and wildlife monitoring, click here to find out more about how they address the issue. Volunteers help us in the day to day care of the wildlife.

In this program we profile four animal rights activists:

* Alice Ng has worked with Wild Aid, founded Animal Balance in the Galapagos Islands and is now the executive director of Animals Asia Foundation.

* Rosamira Guillen is the executive director of Proyecto Titi, promoting the survival of the Cotton -top Tamarin Monkey and its habitat in Colombia.

* Lorena Aguilar is an executive with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, specializing in community and gender issues.

* Elena Bykova heads up Wildlife Conservation Network’s Saiga Conservation Alliance to preserve the Saiga Antelope in Uzbekistan.

For the wellbeing of the animals most organizations do not receive tourists in our reserve, nor get any governmental funding. You can help by adopting an animal, sponsor a project or help them in other ways. Working with animals is amazing. We invite anyone with a passion for nature to get a bit of jungle dirt under your nails, and make a difference.

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