![]() ![]() ![]() Proceeds from The Puma Years are supporting CIWY’s work fighting the illegal wildlife trade, supporting local communities and providing safe homes to those who need them. The conversation between Nena and Laura will be followed by a reading from The Puma Years and a short Q&A with the author. In her early 20’s Laura quit her job to go backpacking in Bolivia for 3 months. It is a funny, poignant and utterly compelling memoir of Laura’s time in the Bolivian Amazon working at an animal rescue shelter. During this conversation, CIWY’s president Nena will discuss the challenges and pitfalls of running a frontline NGO in apocalyptic times. LAURA COLEMAN BOOKS: The Puma Yearswill be publishing with Amazon in Winter 2021. CIWY fights to end the animal trade through educational programs, research projects and public actions. Set against a turbulent and poignant backdrop of deforestation, the illegal pet trade, and forest fires, The Puma Years explores what happens when desperate creatures in need of rescue find each other.ĬIWY is the leading organisation in Bolivia for the care of rescued wild animals, seized from illegal trafficking. In The Puma Years, ONCA founder Laura shares the story of her liberating journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent puma who changed her life, at the same time as finding a life-long home with CIWY. Jon Cassidy, CIWY secretary of international relations, will translate. ONCA is delighted to host author Laura Coleman in conversation (via Zoom) with Tania ‘Nena’ Baltazar, founder and president of Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY). Please join ONCA and CIWY for the online launch of The Puma Years, published by Little A. ![]()
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