I think that you should write a formal letter to the Peruvian government, suggesting they illegalize monkey hunting. Then explain why they should ban hunting, and convince them that the monkeys bring more tourism.

I hope you use my idea!

Katie says to teach the riberenos to hunt less and eat more fish so the animal population will not be affected. David says to teach them to eat more fruits and vegetables. Ann says to plant more crops and hunt less. Mrs. Spohnholtz wonders if having more tourists will increase animals being hunted to feed the tourists. Will it promote cutting down more trees to create an area for lodging to be built.

We think that you should go to the leader and convince him or her to tell the people to stop killing the monkeys . When the populatuion gets higher or too high, they can start hunting again.

I think that you should talk to the elders and see if they know this but no one is listining to them. I so speek with the people in town about this matter and then see what they think. If the elders don't realize it have a talk with them and then talk to the community. If you see a ranger station talk to the park rangers and see what they have to say about it.

I think that if they want more people to come don't kill as many monkeys as you do each year.

I think the people of Yarina should hunt a certain amount of monkeys 1 or 2 or even 3.

I think it is sad that animals are becoming less popular in the end of the Yanayacu River area. If animals are lacking in this area it may be hard for the people in the villeges to hunt and find food. They may have to move to new propety because they are not finding enough food here. It would be like if all the grocey stores here were torn down and we could only get certain food from the gas stations. I wonder if people in the villeges around there, are worried about the lack of animals in the River. I know I would. Would you be worried. I would also be concerned about if they did move how long it would take to make a house and a garden to grow vegetables in. What would you be concerned about if you had to move all the sudden because of resons like this? I wonder what the people of the villege are scared or concered about?

Chris says to make hunting monkey's illegal. Kate says to talk to the "Mayor" of the town and tell him to conserve the animal populations. Joe says to gather the towns people together and decide on a fair number of animals per species they can hunt per year and still maintain the animal populations at a good number. Danielle says to eat from the garden more.

5th Grade HAWK Students are troubled by the idea of people hunting for monkeys. We think you might make some progress by telling them about other places in the world that do attract tourists and show them what attracts visitors to those places. It would be great to show them another area like the areas in Africa where people go to see the wildlife. We wonder if it would help if people like us wrote letters to the children in the rain forest to express our concern and let them know what would make us want to come there for a visit? Children are the future! We can make a difference! We could encourage them to tell others and start a domino effect. Maybe Warren and Reuben who are locals could help us. We know that you don't have much more time to make an impact in person. We know you will make the most of the time you have. We are willing to help in any way we can.

Try to not hunt as much. Only hunt if it is neccesary

I think that you should teach the ............ to not have monkey, bird and pink river dolphin, for dinner!

I think they should tell the towns people to stop hunting those wild animals. They should also tell the person who runs the town that if the towns people keep hunting those animals people will stop comming to that part of the floded forest.

I love animals and DO NOT want any animals to be killed if it's for a silly reason. to help the people understand,you sould act like tourisist that are comming from C.A. and only came to see monkeys. complain to the people about the numbers of monkeys and try to explain how hunting these animals can realy hurt the enviroment.

I think that you should tell the locals that if they want the funding to buy things tell them to stop killing monkeys and and wait for the tourists to come

I think you should try to persuade other village members to stop poaching the monkeys but maybe eat fruit or other types of things that is not killing anything. You should try to persuade people in as many villages as you come across. Also you should send postcards to your family and friends and tell them about all the great things about Peru and the Amazon forest!

You should tell them about all the tourists come to SEE the animals, and explain that if they hunt them many people won't come or won't stay as long. Say if they hunt the animals so much the species will be gone and youll have no animals. So they should attack 1 monkey and share it with A LOT more people and then eat plants and fruits like all those bananas!!!!

4th Grade HAWK Students suggest that you call a meeting of local residents to talk about the problem. Maybe you could create a flier for them to pass out to spread the word as they travel through the rain forest. This flier could explain the importance of saving the monkeys to make the area inviting to tourists. Maybe the children could help you get the message out if you talk to them about this. We know you don't have a lot of time left in the rain forest, so the message will have to be shared by others after you go home.