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The Castanheiras Pied Tamarin Wildlife Refuge ( pt, Refúgio da Vida Silvestre Sauim Castanheiras), formerly Castanheiras Pied Tamarin Ecological Reserve, is a wildlife refuge in the municipality of
The wildlife refuge contains a Wild Animal Screening Centre (CETAS) and an Animal Rescue Service.
These help wild animals that are threatened by risks such as habitat loss, domestic abuse, accidents and other problems.
A veterinarian examines the animal and treats it if necessary.
Where practical it is restored to nature.
Otherwise it may be allocated to a zoo or other institution.
The refuge is not open to the public.
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...
, Amazonas, Brazil.
It was created in 1982 to protect a colony of pied tamarins.
Foundation
The Reserva Ecológica de Sauim-Castanheiras was created by Presidential Decree 87.455 on 12 August 1982 with an area of . The reserve was located in the Industrial District on the outskirts of the Manaus Free Zone. The purpose was to protect populations of pied tamarins ( pt, Sauim, Saguinus bicolor) andBrazil nut
The Brazil nut (''Bertholletia excelsa'') is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds. It is one of the largest and longest-lived trees in the Amazon rainforest. ...
s (Bertholletia excelsa).
The wildlife refuge today occupies .
From 2001 it was managed by the Municipal Office of the Environment and Sustainability (Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Semmas) for the Manaus Prefecture.
It became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor
The Central Amazon Ecological Corridor ( pt, Corredor Ecológico Central da Amazônia) is an ecological corridor in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, that connects a number of conservation units in the Amazon rainforest. The objective is to mainta ...
, established in 2002.
The refuge has access roads, administrative buildings, a kitchen for food preparation for animals, an autopsy building, a veterinary centre with inpatient rehabilitation structures and grounds.
Activities
The wildlife refuge contains a Wild Animal Screening Centre (CETAS) and an Animal Rescue Service.
These help wild animals that are threatened by risks such as habitat loss, domestic abuse, accidents and other problems.
A veterinarian examines the animal and treats it if necessary.
Where practical it is restored to nature.
Otherwise it may be allocated to a zoo or other institution.
The refuge is not open to the public.
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