How are tapir Melancia and tapir Valente doing after fires ravaged their home? ( video)

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Young Melancia was found without her mother, which made her recovery process even more challenging. With your support, she and another tapir Valente who shares a similar fate, are receiving treatment for their severe burns.

While Valente is close to returning to his natural habitat, Melancia will need more time to fully recover. She will need to learn essential survival behaviours before being reintroduced into the wild.

Tapir Melancia with 4 bandaged legs

You are supporting Onçafari in the rehabilitation of two tapirs, Melancia and Valente (pictured), who were rescued after being injured in fires. Credit: Fernando Faciole

 

Onçafari was established in August 2011, when the co-founder and creator of Onçafari, former Formula 1 racing driver, Mario Haberfeld, began his work at the Caiman Ecological Refuge (CER).