Gaia’s Story
Government officials brought Gaia to Ambue Ari in 2019, when she was only 7 weeks old. She arrived very scared, dehydrated, malnourished, lacking hair in several areas, filled with parasites, and with a filthy rope around her tiny neck. The officers told us she was found in Guarayos, in a cattle farm, where her mother had been killed by the owner for getting too close to his animals. They kept the baby tied up to a pole for several days.
Ambue Ari’s veterinarians immediately took her into the clinic, where they spent months giving her round-the-clock care and love. A baby puma cannot learn to survive in the wild without its mother, so we knew from day one that this beautiful orphan would have to spend her entire life in CIWY’s care. It breaks our heart that she was robbed of a life in the wild, but we aim to give her the next best thing. We are so proud of the progress she made as she recovered physically and learned to trust humans. She has grown into a big, beautiful puma, full of energy and great affection for her volunteers.
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