By Monique Pool | Director
Baby Glen came in huddled in a small box. The young lady, who did not want her picture taken, told me that she had found the baby in an overgrown plot in her street. She thought the mother was dead, but did not know for sure. They had fed him bread, milk and bananas and had fed him with a bottle. Her friend had tried to sell the animal through facebook, but received threats and kind and unkind nudges to give the animal to the Green Heritage Fund Suriname. They panicked and tried to get the animal over to our facility as soon as they could. It was Easter Monday, a national holiday, and we had gone out to release some animals. They were waiting at the gate as we pulled up the car. Before she hurriedly left, she said: "Oh, his name is Glen". Glen stole everybody's heart with his good looks and eager attittude when we were feeding him. Although I had noticed something on his leg, I had not thoroughly examined him as our vet was also out of the country. But then one of our volunteers complained that he smelled. When we examined him, we found an infected shotwound in his hindleg. Now we were sure that his mother was dead. We cleaned out the wound immediately, and brought him the next day to another vet, who again cleaned and inspected the wound and confirmed it was a shotwound. He received medication and we continued to clean it out daily. Glenn now receives physiotherapy as his leg is weak and he is not so good at moving it yet. His growth is also stunted and our vet regularly comes to check on his progress. For Glen the Rehab center cannot be built fast enough. However, the heavy rains of the rainy season have delayed the construction activities.
Rescues and releases
In the past months the number of rescues have increased enormously. Either as a result of the weather conditions, or of deforestation in the urban area. We also receive more often animals that need to remain for a longer time with the facility. These are either young animals or animals that are injured. Karina is one of our recent patients who has to stay with us until her wounds are completely healed. Karina was reported by a lady who saw that some men were cutting a tree to get the animal out of the tree so they could show it to their children. She started shouting at them and chased them away then seized the animal. That's when she realized the animal had a putrid smell of an infected wound and she saw a rope around its belly. She was afraid to remove the rope, and called us immediately. We drove over, and realized that the rope had cut so deep into the skin that the skin had started to rot. We decided to take the animal over to the vet, so that the rope could be removed and treatment immediately be given. Karina's hair had to be shaven off so that we could treat her wounds. She received medication and painkillers. Karina is a good eater and has remained so far in a small confined space to allow her to heal faster. Karina will not be able to go back until the fur has started to grow back on her skin.
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