After 20 days, llamas seized in AC remain in temporary shelter The llamas and alpacas seized at a checkpoint on BR-364, in Rio Branco, on May 20th, remain under the care of the NGO Patinha Carente while they await the final judicial decision on the fate of the herd. Since the seizure, 13 animals have died, 10 of which in the shelter alone. The remaining animals, around 30 that remain alive, have been on a property in the rural area of ??Porto Acre, in the interior of the state, for more than a month, when they were intercepted during transport. ? Join the g1 AC channel on WhatsApp The fate of the others remains uncertain. However, based on a technical report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) took a position in favor of slaughtering the remainder to avoid health imbalances. (Understand below) To g1, the president of the NGO, Vanessa Facundes, informed this Thursday (2) that the llamas continue to be assisted by the Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Defense of Acre (Idaf) and Mapa. "We believe [that the animal deaths occurred] due to the climate. They suffer here in this horrible heat, but they are assisted by Idaf and Mapa is also involved in the analyses. However, we are the NGO volunteers who manage, care for, medicate, do everything, we are the NGO volunteers", he stated. After a month, llamas remain under the care of the NGO Patinha Carente on a farm on Estrada de Porto Acre Personal archive Vanessa also said that she also contacted the owner of the animals, as advised by the judge, to pay for whatever was necessary to care for the llamas. "Since June 8, we have been in contact with him, who has been providing guidance, he even sent his veterinarian there to look at them. Until he shared the care, we had lost four. So now, with his help, we have lost six more. I believe that not even he knows what to do, because they are animals that are not part of our fauna, they were not born in Brazil", he said. READ MORE: After 20 days, llamas seized in AC remain in a temporary shelter awaiting a court decision Justice grants freedom to men who illegally transported more than 40 llamas in AC Federal Court orders that llamas seized on the border of AC be evaluated by veterinarians According to the organization's president, they are still awaiting a definitive court decision on the fate of the herd, as, according to her, Idaf and Mapa are calling for the slaughter of them all. The NGO's position is that they are not slaughtered. “Our opinion is that: either they are returned to Peru, or they even stay with us so that we can donate them to those who can care for them, or return them to the owner, except killing them. [...] We are doing the State's work”, he argued. Businessman awaits court decision g1 also contacted businessman Wellington Vieira de Araújo, alleged owner of the llamas, who confirmed that they are still under the care of the NGO and that he pays for the necessary items for them. “They asked for my help and I'm now paying for the treatment, medicine, I sent a vet and everything. But they're still with them. The judge still hasn't defined anything to return to me, but then the woman from the NGO came in the middle, said that there was a structure right from the beginning and it ended up that she took it and took it to the corner and left the guy to take care of it. She won't even go there," he said. The owner also said he is waiting for the court decision to find out the fate of the animals. "[I'm] waiting for the court's response. Justice has its time, it has to wait, then Mapa intervened in the middle, but the Ministry of Agriculture wants to stop me", he accused. Llamas are sheltered on a farm on Estrada de Porto Acre Personal archive Sanitary assessment of Mapa A decision by the Federal Court, at the end of May, determined that a clinical and health assessment of the herd be carried out by teams from Idaf and Mapa, since the documents presented by the businessman were not sufficient for the Court to grant the return request. According to the MPF, through a document signed on June 26, Mapa stated, in a hearing on the 22nd of the same month, that the animals lack zoosanitary documentation, even though Idaf did not initially identify signs of disease in llamas and alpacas. free from the disease without vaccination [...] MAPA technically recommends the sanitary elimination of the remaining animals, through sacrifice or sanitary slaughter, as the only safe way to mitigate the risk of introducing exotic diseases into the country", he added. The MPF also argued that Mapa presented the technical unfeasibility of other less serious measures. According to the agency: the return of the animals to the supposed owner, in Rondônia, would not eliminate the national health risk; re-export is unfeasible due to the absence of suitable health documentation; and the quarantine would come up against the lack of a permanent public structure in the Union. "Thus, in view of the robust technical statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock [...] the MPF is in favor of the recommendation for the sanitary disposal of the seized animals, in the most technically appropriate way", he stressed. Federal, the truck used to transport the animals was handed over to one of the men arrested in the seizure as custodian. According to the decision, the Federal Police reported that it did not have an adequate structure to store a vehicle of that size and warned of the risk of deterioration caused by exposure to the weather, the judge highlighted that the appointment as custodian does not represent the definitive return of the truck nor the closure of the seizure. The decision also establishes that failure to comply with custody and conservation obligations may result in the revocation of the measure, in addition to the immediate seizure of the vehicle and possible liability of the depositary. Llamas trapped in the interior of Acre in September last year Personal file Owner says animals are legal To Rede Amazônica Acre, on May 25, businessman Wellington Araújo stated that part of the seized animals are puppies of llamas that were trapped in Assis Brasil last year, that is, they were born on the ranch. The other part was in the cargo that was legalized in September. According to him, the cargo seized at the Acre checkpoint actually left Rondônia for Brasiléia, in the interior of Acre, because a customer showed interest in buying the animals, as Wellington said he was trying to get a spot at the 13th Rondônia Rural International Show to exhibit them. "People said they wouldn't get a place for me [at the agricultural fair]. I sent the animals to Acre, because there was demand, there were customers waiting to see them. They made room for me at the Rondônia Rural Show and I asked to return with them to the fair", he highlighted. VIDEOS: g1