Wild Animals Do Not Want to Be Pets: Environmental Education to Reduce Traffic and Possession of Wild Animals as Pets in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Phase II

20 Jan 2016 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Central and Latin America

Yazmín Madeleine Tolosa Gómez


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15 Feb 2013

The Wild Animals Do Not Want to be Pets: Sensitization and Education to Decrease the Traffic and Possession of Wild Animal as Pets in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

The project is located in the City of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located in the east central region of the department to 17º47' Latitude y 63º11'of and longitude, at a height of 400 m, is also the capital of the department of Santa Cruz

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Search continuity of previous achievements of the project and concluded between the public sector, NGOs and civil society on the educational circuit work "Wild animals do not want to be pet", strengthening conservation efforts regarding the ownership of wild animals not as pets. RSG objectives remain above incorporating the "Aulas-Consciousness" strategy reaching public spaces throughout the city and educational institutions in districts 8, 9, 10, extending the issue to 10 species critically endangered and developing new educational proposals and material support.

It is pretended to generate an attitude change in the population of Santa Cruz, developing a sense of belonging and proud for the natural patrimony of the department, educating the people (children, youth and adults) in a fun and simple way about the importance of biodiversity. This will be accomplished informing about the problems around the illegal traffic and the use of wild animals as pets, bringing the necessary elements preventing the citizen to become “an involuntary accomplice of the illegal traffic”, generating sensibility and education in the public scenarios through the “itinerant fair for the wildlife conservation”, that will be developed in a creative and playful way the proposed theme. Also it is pretended to increase the institutional cooperation between different entities related to the wildlife theme: Natural History Museum, Municipal Zoo of Santa Cruz, the biology career of the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (public university), with teachers and students from the departments of zoology and environmental education, strengthening educational initiatives in public spaces.

Finally educational material about the theme will be made (Games for the children, coloring papers, thematic brochures, etc.). The problematic will also be treated in the media (Press, TV, and Radio) in order to generate public opinion about the illegal traffic and use of wild animals as pets, as well promoting all activities associated with the project.

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