By: Armando Gómez Áñez

Biodiversity Group Official

Southern Territorial Headquarters CORPOGUAJIRA

Víctor Fonseca Peñaranda is a peasant leader committed to wildlife, that from the municipality of Barrancas carried out the delivery of 2 saínos (Tayassuidae), The individuals are in the adult and reproductive stage, female and male, counting that the female is pregnant, these were obtained ago 4 years and from then on he committed to taking care of them.

Thanks to the awareness-raising work carried out throughout the territory of La Guajira, Víctor became an environmental character for his gesture of reconciliation with the environment., The peccaries will be rehabilitated and later released into their natural habitat.

In the department of La Guajira, a great work of sensitization and awareness is being carried out by Corpoguajira as the highest environmental authority in the department, National Army, National Police, community and public and private companies.

Every day, Corpoguajira, within its responsibility, leads strategies that lead to the conservation of fauna and flora in captivity., avoiding hunting, consumption, story, commercialization of natural resources. The inter-institutional coordination has caused the community to frequently approach the care points to make voluntary deliveries of species that they considered domestic., There have been cases where the population buys the animal only to hand it over to the competent authority and thus safeguard its life..

The invitation from Corpoguajira is to vindicate yourself with the environment, delivering each species found outside its natural habitat, and opt for good practices when taking advantage of natural resources.