ARCAS -Asociacion de Rescate y Conservacion de Vida Silvestre. Kevin and I spent a week volunteering at an animal rescue and rehabilitation centre, its name is ARCAS. It is here among the howler monkeys, spider monkeys, wild pigs, deer, jaguar, ocelot, margey, crocodiles, scarlet macaws, various species of parrots and wild birlds, turtles, tarantulas, scorpions, and bats that we celebrated Joelle´s 27th birthday. ARCAS is a non-profit organization founded 19 years ago and is the only of its kind in Guatemala. It is currently host to about 400 animals at various stages of quarentine, and rehabilitation. Most were ceased from black market smugglers. Did you know that illegal animal trade is the third largest black market in the world next to Drugs and Weapons? I am happy to report that in a country of limited resources,
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