Follow ACES crocodile adventures, rescues, relocations and croc education. Be sure to check ACES Blog everyday! The New ACES is underway, and lot's of great croc research and other crocodile things are happening everyday!
ACES at SPSC 3rd Annual Regatta & Lobster Fest
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Cherie Quoted in Nat Geo Poland
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The downlaoadable file is available under ACES Documents under the HOME tab on our website.
Use Google Translate to read.
Emaciated Spider Monkey Rescued
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ACES Helps Rescue a Yucatan Spider Monkey Click Here!
"Sneaky" Found Tortured by Local Children
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The San Pedro Sun covers the story "Captured croc tortured to death in San Pedro."
Belize's Channel 7 News also shares the horrific news "The cruel killing of a crocodile."
Sneaky was named because after we relocated him from under a DFC home, he grabbed a sneaker on the ground to hold onto, for security we guess. Too cute! He spit it out and swam away. To find him suffering at the hands of brutal torture was heartbreaking.
Here's Sneaky before his senseless demise.
ACES 2012 Annual Report
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Due to its large file size, "ACES 2012 Annual Report" in PDF is only downloadable via this LINK.
Our appologies for any inconvenience,
Cherie & Vince
ACES on Wildlife SOS Discovery Channel UK
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Finally the airing date is actually here! I'm trying to find a link to a trailer or a live stream where people in the USA can view it so stay tuned. But here is the link to Discovery Channel's Animal Planet "Willdlife SOS" Episode 10 and 11 this season with Simon Cowell of Wildlife Aide in Belize with ACES! YEAH! If anyone finds a trailer or live stream viewing PLEASE let us know!
We are so excited!
Thank you Wild Productions!
Cherie & Vince
ACES on Wildlife SOS Discovery Channel UK
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Finally the airing date is actually here! I'm trying to find a link to a trailer or a live stream where people in the USA can view it so stay tuned. But here is the link to Discovery Channel's Animal Planet "Willdlife SOS" Episode 10 and 11 this season with Simon Cowell of Wildlife Aide in Belize with ACES! YEAH! If anyone finds a trailer or live stream viewing PLEASE let us know!
We are so excited!
Thank you Wild Productions!
Cherie & Vince
ACES on Wildlife SOS Discovery Channel UK
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Finally the airing date is actually here! I'm trying to find a link to a trailer or a live stream where people in the USA can view it so stay tuned. But here is the link to Discovery Channel's Animal Planet "Willdlife SOS" Episode 10 and 11 this season with Simon Cowell of Wildlife Aide in Belize with ACES! YEAH! If anyone finds a trailer or live stream viewing PLEASE let us know!
We are so excited!
Thank you Wild Productions!
Cherie & Vince
ACES on Wildlife SOS Discovery Channel UK
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Finally the airing date is actually here! I'm trying to find a link to a trailer or a live stream where people in the USA can view it so stay tuned. But here is the link to Discovery Channel's Animal Planet "Willdlife SOS" Episode 10 and 11 this season with Simon Cowell of Wildlife Aide in Belize with ACES! YEAH! If anyone finds a trailer or live stream viewing PLEASE let us know!
We are so excited!
Thank you Wild Productions!
Cherie & Vince
Understanding the Crocodile
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It’s been 3 years since I was last in Belize, but part of me felt like I never left. Maybe it’s because I am just continuing what I started- investigating how human pollution and disturbances are affecting parasites and disease in the crocodiles of Belize. Many people ask, “Why do you care about what happens to crocodiles?” If you REALLY understand about how the environment works, you know that crocodiles are on top of the food chain where they live, they are like the lions of the jungle, the king. And if something bad happens to them, it will be a negative domino effect on the rest of the environment, even effecting humans. Anytime there has been mass populations of crocodilians dying, or being killed senselessly, its always come back and bite people in the butt, either through food (because the fish disappear), or through economy (because many communities use crocodilians as a way of ecotourism, many African villages have become VERY successful and economically stable about this).
So I came back to Ambergris to take science samples of the crocodiles on the island to see how healthy they are. And if you think about it, if they are not healthy, what does that say about the health of the people on the island? Both crocodiles and people are eating the same food (shrimp, crab, fish) and drinking the same water. So depending on what my samples say will have a great impact on how the people of Ambergris should react how they are treating their homes, environment, and the crocodiles. I always found it was interesting that the ancestors of the Mayans, the Olmecs and Toltecs, praised crocodiles, respected them. Actually, according to them we all were made from a crocodile being in the sky- we all have crocodile blood in us! And there are various human populations around the world that to this day still love and respect the crocodile- killing one is seen as a bad omen and a disrespect for nature and the community, as they understand the negative effects their livlihood will have if the crocodiles disappear. So I’m hoping with my research, with the assistance of ACES, can help restore that respect and understanding for the crocodile that our ancestors. If people thousands of years ago understood the importance of crocodiles, I would think our modern society would as well.
Story by Marisa Tellez, PhD student at UCLA & Crocodilian Parasitologist
Marisa and Croc Conservationist, Chris Summers
