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MONKEY ISLAND
RÍO AMAZONAS-IQUITOS-PERÚ
Part of the Amazon paradise is “The monkey Island” situated along Amazonas, the most superlative riverbecause it carries far more water than any other river in the world. The island has 250 hectares and it is 30 km. from Iquitos, the main city of the jungle, just following down river on the right.  Gilberto Guerra Reátegui an honorable official tourist guide, has been developing the project devotedly for over ten years there.
He loves the incomparable flora and the fauna which are around the island, so he has specially decided to protect and preserve monkeys and other wild animals too.
He has become the first great green promoter to preserve the ecology and the Amazon environment on this area.
When people from “first zone Timicuro”, the placewhere “The Monkey Island” is located, have known about this project, they  have given to Gilberto all the facilities to get the area.It was settledon August, 30 1997 through and official agreement between Inrena authorities, agricultural ministery and representative of the Timicuro community.
A hard cleaning working, reforesting and provisions had been done for the earliest five years. The most suitable trees for the area have been planting and some fruit trees so animals get food easily. In addition plants are adapted in firm soil.
This wonderful experience was TEN years ago and the reforesting has grown the first fruit. People who live there, are working in the crop so the island has become a source of food for those people and monkeys as well.
At present the monkey island is constituted as a civil association non profit
the proposes of the association are:
1.- conservation an environment regrowing wild flora and fauna.
2.- Natuaral resource research.
3.- Lively and scientific tourism.
4.- Making, runnign social economical productive evironmental project.
5.- Also, the associate goal is to make everything dealing with prservation and defense of the amazon
peruvian nature based on local people scientific research so you can do the following:
a) promote ecological collective conscience with the belief of any nature oreservation activity and the Ç
proper use of natural resources will not be made without the local people participation because these
people are the logical optio to set natural protection regulations and comply them as well.
b) Encourage the relationship between men and biodiversity.
c) Sponsor the ecological conmunity.
d) Join with the ecological world community.
we have benn going with the running and the settled plans...
PROVISION AND THE CARE ON THE ISLAND
It wasn’t easy to settle this project mainly because of the previous and current economical lacks, in spite of these, a variety of monkeys live free in good atmosphere between people who look after and feed them.
People that live and work in the island are ones who were born in the community so their job has become meaningful.
There are plenty of natural jungle effects that causes the Amazonas river like a flood so people that work in the area aren’t enough and everything turns into disadvantages to run with the project.
HELP US TO PROTECT THEM
 As you see, a jungle cottage in included in this project that in used to live with my sister Martha and the family that is responsible to clean the area, plant the crops and look the monkeys.
There are plenty of natural jungle effects that causes the Amazonas river like a flood so people that work in the area aren’t enough and everything turns into disadvantages to run with the project.
All mention above makes us difficult to get engaged a person or institution to look after these precious creatures, the monkeys, considered as the sanctuary of the great biodiversity of the Amazon.
Help us keeping monkeys in good conditions with amount of money if so, we will run with your project and ours.
MONKEY SPECIES THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE ISLAND
LEONCITO-pocket monkey
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It is the shortest of the area. It is 3’ with a 6’ tail. It’s yellow-gray but it is not very friendly. When they are two years, they are adults and females are mothers when they are three.
The family have 3 or 4 members. They eat “uvos” tree sap (spondia). They live in lowland flooded forest near river or steams shores.
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| PICHICO-Tamarins-Saguinus
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It is a little bit bigger than leoncito. It is 7” with a short 12” tail. Depends on the place they live have their fur color.
They always eat insects, little tree frogs and fruit. They live in group of four or six members. The females give birth two little babies every year. They live with the same partner for long time and their habitat is the same as the leoncitos.
Also they are not very friendly.
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| TOCON-Titi Monkey
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It is medium height 12” with a long tail, quite large, strongly bristle. It eats seeds, grains, insects and fruits. You can see tocon livery in group with four or six members. They usually live in the same place just in rivers or steams shores. They are not friendly and energetic.
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HUAPO NEGRO-Saki Monkey
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It is 18” height with a short tail. It has a spongy hairy body from head to feet. It has short strong forelegs. It eats insects, grains, fruit and seeds. They are quite nomad and live in small group of three or four members, parents and babies generally.
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HUAPO ROJO-Red Uakari
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It is 20” height with a 3” tail. It has a red uakari’s pink naked face but its body from head to tail is full of large hairy fur. Its habitat is into the jungle. It eats seeds, fruit and fresh leaves unfortunately, its uncommon physical appearance makes illegal hunters motivated to catch and sell them. They are on their way to extinction.
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COTO-Mono aullador-Howler Monkey
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It is also considered as a big monkey. It was a long prehensile tail. When it is adult, can get 8 kg. it lives in groups of four or five members. They prefer to live in treetops. Their main food is fresh leaves and juicy fruit. Between 4 or 5 a.m.
The impressive males calls resound for great distances through the dense forest, audible for a distance up to many kilometres.
They are very friendly if they are tame.
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MAQUISAPA-Mono Araña-Spider Monkey
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The adults grow 35” height with a large strong tail which is used as a fifth leg. The monkey is 12 kg there are two varieties, black and another with yellow chest and black back.
To stand an treetops. They move happy in groups walking long distance a day. They are the most intensively hunted primates and are rare.
Captured young specimens are often kept as pets by locals. Also intensively hunted for meat so they are tamed easily because they are very friendly.
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CHORO-Mono barrigudo-Woolly Monkey
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It is wide with a maximum body – length of 20” and weighting 8 kg. The local name is “barrigudo”. It has a long strong prehensile tail. It lives in up areas on the heighest treetops. They are two types: dark – brown fur and gray both with short wool.
They move in big group from their habit to another long distance. If they are tamed, they will become friendly but they are intensively hunted by illegals.
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PELEJO O PEREZOSO-Sloth
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This mammal belongs the herbivore climbing bears. You can see it at the La Envergadura island. It is 25” and weight four kg. It lives near rivers and ponds for arboreal niche specialists, sloth has strong forelegs that let them climbing, easily and fast.
They eat fresh leaves and the nature gives them beautiful gray color with black spots and the ability to remain motionless for hours protect them from predators (sparrows). Unfortunately they are also intensively hunted by local people who usually eat their meat for meal, so they should be protected like monkeys to avoid their extinction.
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| All the monkeys that live in the island are orphans, granted or rescued to be protected care and soon they are able to go back, their natural habitat. |
WHAT WILL YOU SEE IN THE ISLAND?
When you arrive, you will be as a good friend. A guide will say about the customs and the variety of monkeys that you can watch, take photos, touch, carry or play with them, also you will use your video camera. I’m sure you will have wonderful tender time when you see monkeys climbing the trees in the island or when they play with children.
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It is common that monkeys get near our guest. They encourage you to have fun or maybe you can feed them with fresh or dry fruit in the island.
Most of them are cute like children, they love that others pay attention, take pictures or hold forelegs. You will see the astounding creatures in the island.
Eighty individuals representing eight kinds of monkeys.
When you stay in the island, you will see a variety of residential birds. During the sunset you will see them looking for their nests. Also you will have hiking watching lots of plants, some sloth climbing along branches at a staggering 4.5 m a minute to get food cetico leaves-cecropia (their favourite food) you will visit mandioca, bananas and fruit crops and see trees such as caoba (Mahogany), cedro (Cedar), lupuna (Ceiba, the biggest tree of the Amazon), etc.
This experience and many others you will bring in your video camera or your mind when you come back home, but the most important that you have visited part of the paradise of the earth.
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ADOPT A MONKEY
 We know that they are a lot of people like you that want to help us to run this project so it will be good if you adopt one of these beautiful creatures and with your contribution we will able to feed, protect them from illness or we rescue some monkeys in captivity or bad condition from the city.
Our money that we have received isn’t enough to do those things that’s why we are getting in touch with people like you that love these creatures.
You are going to have current information dealing with the achievements.
A health vet certificate of your adopted monkey and your own pet picture calendar.
On MAUSE OVER PER BIOGRAPHY OF SOME MONKEYS OF THE ISLAND
Blanca |
Abuelo |
Teresita
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Poshusha |
Negro |
Inglesa
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Rusa |
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Memo
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If you get in contact with us, we will give you in detail how to adopt a monkey, contribute with monkey for the following reasons:
- Food for little animal like, powder milk, feeding supplement, vitamins, fresh and dried fruit, etc.
- Medical equipment, medicines to take care rescued, donated, wounded or sick animals, ant ophidians against snakes bites.
- Field equipment like handle tools for crops, boots, raincoats, fumigator and supplies to attack insects plagues.
- Speed boats to check the security of the island, move rescued animal and look for animal food.
- Cleaning path, lakes workers, crops workers payment
- Building the hospital house, quarantine house, library and botanic garden.
As you see with little love and money, you can contribute with this project, so every contribution will be welcome.
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WE SUGGEST TO BRING:
- Film camera
- Binocular to see every wild creatures
- Repellents against mosquitos
- Rubber boots, sneakers, jeans long sleeves shirts and raincoat.
- Some dried – fresh fruit for the animals
- Lots of desire to have fun, be happy to spare time with animals and nature.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT MONKEYS ISLAND?
This island is 250 hectare. It is really a paradise with lost of flora and fauna, medican plants, the birds that live there and foreign ones. The sunrise and sunset are beautiful if you decide to visit this part of the Peruvian Amazon all their wonder will be with you and the science and ecotourism too. We are the responsible ones of running of the island. So after ready this message, If you decide to visit “The Monkey Island”, we will be wating for you to welcome.
| FURTHER INFORMATION |
 Gilberto Guerra Reátegui
Ower
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 Erick Martín Guerra Pezo
Representative - Iquitos |
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Phone: (051) 065-233801 Email: laisladelosmonosg@yahoo.com
DONATION:
Saving Account US$ Nr: 390-14900223-1-02
To: Gilberto Guerra Reategui |
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