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President of IBDF. Note: IBDF no longer ^[[may be]] under Minister of Agriculture but may be moved to [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] Environment (SEMA) Dionizio wants to send the 16 Belgium animals & 4 of Coimbra's. Coimbra now has many. Four animals [[strikethrough]] are [[/strikethrough]] ^[[may]] not in pairs. Dionizio indicated that Corten was retiring & his son taking over. Apparently the Belgian animals were kept in one (!) cage which was so dark & cold that they had one hour of light per day. Dionizio thinks we need to find them another home & even recommends that England buy them. Dionizio mentioned that Brazilian gov't thru WWF Belgium paid $5,000 for animals. [[end page]] [[start page]] 15 Feb SAT Our schedule (projected) Days 1-3 - PdA Day 4-6 - Rio Berant Coimbra IBDF Rio Zoo New Delegado in Rio IBDF office & new Director of Rio Zoo. Day 7-17 Trapping Day 18-21 Brasilia IBDF; Zoo; Milton Thiago and a stop in Belo Horizonte to see Bastos & Celio Vale (recommended by Russ Gittermeier), dinner with Dionizio before airport- Thoughts: Pesagro animals look excellent & it's amazing that they are ^[[all]] still alive & look good. Perhaps [[circled]] 1 [[/circled]] August is a better release time than May Certainly [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] releasing in family groups is preferable to pairs. [[circled]] 3 [[/circled]] Surprised that no wild tamarins have encountered our groups