Brazil fires: five baby anteaters rescued from flames
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Thanks to your support, our partners on the ground in Brazil were able to carry out a field visit to save five more baby giant anteaters like Darlan and Cecilia who were victims of factory-farming driven fires.
Image: Joey the giant anteater was released on 7th July 2024 after being rehabilitated by Instituto Tamandua. Credit: Instituto Tamandua
When devastating human-made forest fires that were likely lit to clear land for factory farming activities ravaged wild habitats recently, you helped our partners on the ground rush to help wild animals.
The Wild Animal Rehabilitation Center took in five baby giant anteaters who were distressed and found on the road likely fleeing from the flames and have since transferred three of them to the care of our local partners at Tamanduá Institute, with the remaining two shortly on their way to their care.
One of the anteaters arrived at the institute with her mum who was in a critical condition from possibly being run over by a vehicle. Some of the others arrived orphaned, with one found on the banks of a highway.
How you’re helping animals in Brazil
Thanks to your support, our local partners were able to carry out field visits along with rescue teams to help wild animals affected by factory-farming driven fires.
You're helping our partners on the ground:
- give animals specialised care and a balanced diet
- provide behavioural stimulation activities
- ensure recovery and adaptation of animals
- prepare animals for a successful reintroduction into their natural habitat.
Your support is crucial to the successful rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife affected by fires in the Pantanal and Cerrado habitats in Brazil. With your generosity, we have made significant improvements to the enclosures where the young wildlife are kept, providing a more suitable and enriched environment for their development.
Together, we can protect animals from cruel factory farming fires in Brazil.
Environmental impact
Intensive animal agriculture causes billions of animals to suffer annually, and also causes significant harm to the environment.
Will you protect animals?
Every animal deserves a life worth living – from captive lions used for trophy hunting to mother pigs in cages in factory farms.