RESCUING WILDLIFE FROM SPECIESISM

Angel Daen Morales Garcia vital functions for the survival of community development, the biological tissue as we know anti-speciesist environmental The world is going through it. education seminars and the sixth massive extinction coordinated wildlife rescues in of species. A large number of As part of actions to rescue central mainly when wild beings which whom we coexist wildlife, experts from the have been exterminated from organization Biofutura A.C. have human interests. the earth never to return, and implemented for more than a come into conflict with this annihilation has been bloody decade comprehensive actions The actions of members of and cruel on the part of humans. for the safeguarding of biological Biofutura A.C. have been in Despite the serious effects of diversity which include ethical strict compliance with Mexican this devastation, most human regulations, and in those cases beings still have a relationship where animals are victims of environmental crimes, the group these beings. of lawyers of this institution of reification and destruction of makes the legal defense before Among the group of animals governmental agencies. that has suffered most from speciesism are the wild, in spite of the vital environmental services they provide to humans. They are being exterminated and brutality Within the area of combat against wildlife still prevails in societies, although trafficking of Biofutura A.C., the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic was able there is a global movement in to secure this raptor. The bird had severe favor of animals. damage to wings and tail. Currently, the bird is completely rehabilitated. Today there are more and speciesism by means of a new morerevolution groups of that thought fight against and A specimen of cincuate ( deppei), an sustainability, where the human endemic and threatened species from Mexico, being is located as one more was rescued with firefighters in the city of -Pa component of ecosystem – not as chuca, , Mexico. Released specimen owner and creator of the universe We consider that the science –, sharing the planet with other applied to the conservation of animals that must be respected biodiversity should have as core and cared for because they are principles the rights of animals, This false coral (Lampropeltis mexicana), an sentient and conscious creatures; endangered species endemic to Mexico, was res- bioethics and justice. Rescuing likewise wild animals perform cued from a home in suburban areas. Released animals in situations of violence specimen is an act of justice that any human being has the obligation to comply with. We have placed nature on the edge of an abyss that has no return. It is our duty to learn from the mistakes we committed in the past and give way to a new way of thinking based on science, bioethics and justice in order to transform and end to the egoism of our species.

Keywords: Environmental Law, Law, Conservation, Wildlife, Mexico,

The young Bulfrano, member of the Padhi community, in the municipality of Huehuetla, Hidalgo, Mexico, was one of the people who attended several workshops on community development and animal rights. This indigenous community is located in the heart of the Sierra Otomí-Tepehua. The photograph shows Bulfrano after the release of a turtle in a suitable place, in collaboration with conservation experts

This river turtle was extracted from its habitat and was going to be cooked. However, thanks to The rescue of the heron was a collaborative the work of the young Bulfrano, it was possible work with personnel of the H. Fire Depart- to rescue it and relocate it in a suitable riparian ment of the state of Hidalgo. Fortunately, the zone awareness in favor of the animals has influenced its personnel to establish joint actions with members of Biofutura A.C.

Raptor found lying on the Pachuca-Mexico high- way, once secured it was presented to Profepa and released in a suitable place

Rescue and release of a zincuate

Release of a coati specimen

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You can see a young heron, which was found in a house in a suburban area. The villagers thought she was an owl because of her characteristic sound, however, fortunately, a group of people Young opossums (Didelphis marsupialis) who contacted members of Biofutura to perform the were victims of animal mistreatment are reinte- rescue. Released specimen grated into their habitat