In today’s post we are going to start our year’s balance for this ending year 2023. This year was an intense and dynamic year for us with multiple participations in conferences and talks with different audiences, from scientific to kids. As well as assistance to regional events and technical discussions.
Our first event was our participation, in collaboration with Onca Foundation, to the VIth congress of zoology in which we presented the preliminary results of our camera trap project. This project aimed to establish wildlife use of water sources used for cattle in private farms. Use of water sources, artificial and natural, by wildlife include a wide variety of mammals, birds and reptiles. Some recommendations from this project can be found in Spanish and English here
Our next event was our participation in a vaccination campaign of farm dogs in our study area. This campaign was an international campaign to reduce the impact of domestic dog’s diseases on wildlife. Some studies had found transmission of diseases from domestic dogs to wild canids and felids in areas where both speciez enter in contact. Therefore, prevention and vaccination of domestic dogs and cats are important tool to reduce this disease prevalence in wildlife.
We also participate in a couple of talks with kids from Police School in Villavicencio to celebrate environmental and biodiversity day. These talks were focused on monkeys present in Villavicencio city as well as a small story for small kids to learn about dusky titi monkeys and its importance.

We also participate in regional symposium of biodiversity in the Orinoquia region organized by National Parks of Colombia, where biodiversity experiences from the Orinoquia region were presented.
Finally, we participate in a virtual forum to celebrate Dr Chuck Snowdown contributions to primatology, where we share our experience and lessons learned over the past 28 years of studying monkeys in Colombia, here.
In our next post, we will share our projects and collaborations in 2023. We are grateful with all people who invite us to participate on these events.
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