“Dorotea, it's too heavy. We should leave half of your things. -It's a joke! You are very funny! But it hurt a little bit. We leave La Paz very early to do the famous Bolivian Death Road, which connects the highlands with the Amazon, through roads not suitable for those who suffer from vertigo. We were happy and content, not only because we hadn't seen each other for a long time, but also because of the route that was coming. Dorotea had no idea where we were going, and what little I knew was that we had to be very careful not to fall into a ravine. After ascending to almost 5,000 meters and driving with the Q'ulini peak on the left and Jamp'aturi on the right, we left the Andes behind to glide, little by little, down its eastern slope. But no matter how much you want everything to go well, there are things that are beyond your control: plans, routes, schedules, meals, falls, emotions, climates, people, intersections, words. , gestures, oscillations, hormones, tantrums, and how not? mechanics. These folding suitcases that Dorotea brought me, well, they haven't lasted a day! My clutch just broke and I don't know how to change it, but I'm still going to try. Good thing we have the Claro magic screwdriver , of course. I think I'm not doing anything. But what I did do was what I'm good at: waiting for someone to pass by to ask for help; but this motorcycle user was not up to the task and told me that the best thing was to get to the town that was a little further down. —He told me that there is a town down there and we are going to try to go without a clutch. Because Super supernova is magic! -Hi how are things? Is there a motorcycle mechanic around here? Anyone know the basics? Nope? "I don't really know what happened to him. Oh, it's wired! The cable has broken! —I don't think it's broken, because I changed the suitcase... and I messed it up! —The groom suffering with the motorcycle and the bride taking "selfies" —Yes, that's the way the world goes, huh! -Nope! "I have a lot of strength!" —He's my friend —And I'll break it for you! 'A year and a half later, I still have no fucking idea, but let's... Apparently it wasn't the suitcase: the clutch came loose down here. It must be that when placing the new suitcase, they have not made the necessary adjustment, and it has come loose. -One two Three. -...and four. -Yes Four. And five! Apparently, we have a clutch. Let's see how long it lasts, Dorotea. Super supernova had a little surprise for you! "Welcome to the Road of Death" The Old Road to the Yungas, also known as the "road of death," is a route of about 80 kilometers known for its extreme danger, as it consists of an annual average of 209 accidents and 96 people deceased, due to its steep slopes, the narrow single lane, the lack of guardrails, and the conditions of rain, fog, muddy ground and loose stones, and small landslides that fall from the mountains; and among all the possible paths on the planet, "the path of death" was the one that would lead us to a place full of life. But first, you had to get there. For someone unfamiliar with the tricks of the mud, it could be a lot of fun, but here the pilot was clenching his teeth and fists to keep from doing a double somersault down the cliff! First day of adventure! With a little care and a lot, a lot of love, you can get everywhere! But with care, especially with great care when looking away from the road to admire the impressive views of the Bolivian yungas, a prelude to the jungle, a breath of purity, a prelude to nature at its best. "If you're going to try it, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. It might mean losing girlfriends, wives, family, job, and maybe even your head . It may mean freezing on a park bench. It may mean jail, humiliation, disdain, isolation. Isolation is the prize. Anything else just tests your stamina, your genuine desire to do it, in spite of yourself. of rejection and the slimmest of odds, and it will be better than anything you could imagine. And you will. If you're going to try, go all the way. There's no such feeling, you'll be alone with the gods and the nights will burn in flames. You will hold the reins of life until the perfect laugh is the only thing worth fighting for," said a madman named Bukowski. Well well, because animals were what we were going to see. Welcome to the Green Path! —But what a fool I am!— But he who laughs last laughs best... —But what a fool I am!!— After throwing a stone at him, with no little courage and gallantry, and the drone fell 5 meters towards the ground I laughed. —All wild animals have, fulfill, a function in the ecosystem, and the existence and life of each one of them is necessary for the ecosystem to regulate itself and function as it should . The lack of one of them, the extinction of the species, always produces consequences. "What is this, Vicky?" —An Andean bear. Here we call them "cucumari bears". Animal trafficking is the third largest illicit business on the planet. Animals are being trafficked for pets and animal parts are also being trafficked, and it is destroying the planet. What we have here are approximately 800 animals, all victims of wildlife trafficking, also victims of habitat loss and, as you have seen before, in a video by Ajayu, victims of human cruelty ? No? So... but they are not 800 sad stories, they are 8000 sad stories because only one out of every ten animals that has left its habitat survives. —This bear, unfortunately, was beaten and beaten in a community in Cochabamba. Because of that, he is blind and has also lost his sense of smell, which in bears, is more important than sight. Senda Verde begins in 2003: an animal shelter, or really, an animal orphanage, because the vast majority of animals actually come here as babies because they have killed their mothers. The origin of Senda Verde is very ugly, it is very sad. It is a massacre, it is ripping a baby out of its home and its possibility of living a normal life; But here we try to give them a second chance, the best life possible, from the moment they lose the chance to live the way they should, because their mom teaches them how to live, right? Who is their predator, what can they eat: they don't learn all these things, and they are here in the yungas, which is not their habitat either. So they can't be dropped here. Remember that these animals have been fed by people. So, they would approach people to ask for food, and a fukumari bear comes to your house, asking for food; people would hurt them a lot, wouldn't they? So that's why they have to be careful here. —Not only do I sleep with them, but I live with them, or when they come as babies I have to be with them so that, precisely, I can familiarize them. They come with very strong emotional problems, and that has to be cured, they have to be rehabilitated. So, I am with them until they recover, until they have regained the sparkle in their eyes. Until they have regained their confidence and are ready to make happy animals again. —Spider monkeys usually kill their mothers when they are very young. These animals try to sell them. When they are rescued, they come here. So the babies need the care of their mother, whom they have lost. Marcelo, what he does, is supply the mother in many things, and one of them is that they sleep all night together, right? In other words, every night for two or three years, Marcelo sleeps with the babies. Vicky also sometimes helps him, until they have the security to live free, with the group. —We assume that they have married the mother. I imagine that she has tried to defend herself and, as a result, they have dealt her a hard blow to the head, and she manages to escape, right? But they are quite persecuted for their tusks, their skin, by different unscrupulous people, who are not aware of the role of these animals in an ecosystem, right? —Because you can't ask someone to take care of something they don't know. People have to be in contact with nature in order to take care of it. “I've noticed that these animals are incarcerated for a… serving time for a crime they didn't commit. They are refugee creatures, they are animals that should be in their environment, they should be free. This place shouldn't exist. We, you and I, should not be here, and we cannot do anything, because it is irresponsible to free them, since doing this would be as much as directly condemning them to death. "I'm going to start giving him the medicine." -Every time I think about the situation in which she arrived here, it makes me sad, it makes me... I feel tired of humanity itself as such, because there is no right for people to slaughter an animal, to slaughter a complete species. If we all just disappeared, I think it would be the best thing for the planet. I feel that sometimes the efforts being made are minimal. You can't counter the damage you're doing, and it hurts, it hurts a lot. We are supposedly an intelligent species, but it leaves a lot to be desired. —Those teeth are huge —Animals can show you feelings, emotions, very similar to ours. They teach many things; mainly the ties, friendship ties above all. —I have been taught that they have a supreme intelligence, that they have impressive feelings; they, like us, feel, rejoice , laugh, and cry. I have learned to consider myself an animal, but to believe myself to be part of this whole big house that is nature. Only one part; I am not above anyone, nor at the center of anything. We have always felt superior. If you think, "Homo Sapiens," the very name of our species is terribly proud, isn't it? We lack a lot of humility. Is that. —People, unfortunately, hunt these animals for their feathers. They use the feathers for decoration, for masks. Actually, it is not necessary to hunt them, because they lose feathers every day, right? So, if you go and look for the feathers in the forest, you will find them. But the human being wants more, they want more, they want all the feathers! They want a great mask, they want a super crown. —That greed and that desire to have more and more, which is destroying life and the planet. Killing jaguars, as is happening in Bolivia, to remove their fangs and take them to China, because it is an amulet, or because it is an aphrodisiac, makes no sense to me, and no one has the right to do so. I respect the beliefs, but now, I really believe that these times of life, the uses and customs no longer justify anything, right? "Common sense is dead." Common sense is dead. Everything is banal, everything is superficial, people cannot think beyond that. Imagine being happy at home with your family and suddenly some guys come, kill your mother, want to grab you; you defend yourself, they give you a good blow, things as you can, escape, and you have to leave the world. It is very hard, it has nothing! She has lost everything, absolutely. All the animals here have lost everything. They have no more life than here and it is very sad. These damn people are trafficking birds, put them in a tube, dislocate their wings. Many die in the process and, not satisfied with that, they sedate them. So I ask all those people who have seen parrots, parakeets, macaws, macaws, etc.; think about it: that animal, which you see as cute, has suffered excessively. We have to be a little more aware, we have to be more consistent. Think! Use the brain, which has been given to us as a species to be able to think a little more. —I believe in non-violent resistance, but in the case of traffickers, if this doesn't stop, we have to start hunting the hunters. I think it's the only thing that, unfortunately, is working in Africa, in Asia, with governments that are putting their army at the service of caring for rhinoceroses, tigers, endangered species. We don't care about anything anymore; it is the present: having as much money as possible to give us unnecessary luxuries, but good. —The human being is no longer a consumer, nor has he become a predator. We are simply a virus. We kill, grow and multiply, and we do not have a clear role in the environment. All we do is destroy. Everything we touch, we undo. —That faith that is felt in God, I call it Nature, right?, and I really believe that Nature is going to achieve it, is going to achieve it, and the planet is going to continue living. But I also think that, for this, he will have to do without our species. I believe that the survival of the planet passes through this, through the disappearance of homo sapiens. —We are so much a part of nature, that without nature we are nothing. We need nature, and we must be clear that she does not need us. —I would tell them that they have no right, and that I would like them to disappear from the planet, honestly, and from the heart: we don't need them. —What you have to do is decrease. It's time to decrease! I think we can all do something to save the planet. No matter how small, it all adds up. The point is to do it today. To the children, give good examples, or perhaps it is the children who should teach us adults, put the garbage in its place, say no to plastic, reduce as much as we can. Let's answer on our list of what to do every day, maybe first: "What will I do today to help the planet?" "There's no time now." Action must be taken now! The planet, our only home, is being destroyed like never before. It doesn't take a lot of people, but with a few people on the planet, who are totally inspired, committed to the planet, to life, to creation, we can make a difference.
