Association Against Illegal Animal Trade and for the Protection of Wildlife

In the nature-protected, beautiful, but unfortunately equally poor Ribeira Valley, in the middle of the Atlantic rain-forest, in the southern part of Brazil, poaching and illegal animal trade are flourishing. Captured animals, mainly birds, but also other small animals, are sold to Europe and South America - provided they survive the transport. The Brazilian Environmental Police confiscates illegally captured animals, but it does not have the appropriate infrastructure to take care of animals that are traumatized by traps, poisons, nets, cramped containers and torturous transports. The pity with these suffering animals led two Swiss veterinarians, who had lived in Brazil for many years, to cooperate with the Brazilian authorities and to set up this small - but very effective and efficient - beneficiary organization to preserve the magnificent flora and fauna of the Atlantic rain-forest.