The Animal Refuge

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I got to Villa Tunari, a small town where the Parque Machia animal shelter is, this morning. I had to wait until 17:00 for the guy who gives new volunteers assignments, so I spent the day in the cafe at the park, meeting the other volunteers. They are all nice people, and I was surprised to find that there are quite a few Israelis here (about 7 or 8 including me), two of them I´ve even met before.
I was assigned to the small animals section, which has some animals I haven´t even heard of before. I didn´t work with the animals yet, that´s going to be tomorrow, but so far I am quite happy with the assignment. I wanted to work with the bear, but that requires a one months commitment, which I can´t make just yet, however I will be staying here at least two weeks (the minimum commitment), and possibly more if I like it here.
Don´t expect any pictures of the animals for at least a week, as we´re not allowed to bring a camera to the park for the first week.

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