ENVELOPE TEASER:

Help us create jobs and protect wildlife in Costa Rica. Find out how inside.

LETTER:

Catching wildlife for zoos, universities, and laboratories is not easy or safe. The death rate among the
animals is high (citation). The work can be dangerous too. The mere process of traipsing through the
forest trying to collect animals can cause unnecessary environmental destruction. Things dont have to
be that way. However, the animals gotten this way do have a ready market.

People who need those animals for various purposes would happily buy them from captive breeding
programs if that option existed. Well, it does! Captive breeding is a great way to generate income for
indigenous peoples who have few ecologically sustainable ways to generate an income.

This is what we want to do with the money Im asking you for today.

Starting a business in rural Costa Rica isnt easy. But, many people who live there and want to preserve
their local cultures also want opportunities to improve their lives. They dont want to rely on handouts
or persist in extreme poverty to preserve their way of life.

As the sponsors of a project that addresses this challenge, we need your help to help the BriBri. Almost
all of the money we raise with this letter will go directly to the Green Jungle project.

This sort of program is one outcome of the now-immature project of the Florida International Teaching
Zoo (specific project name). But thats not all we plan to do in Costa Rica.

The local participants in this project, the BriBri, are one of the last indigenous groups in Costa Rica. The
BriBri currently live on three small reservations in the Talamanca mountains, in southern Costa Rica.

We have one urgent need and others a bit less pressing, but still important. First, the urgent need. We
want to send A BriBri man named Jairo to the 2009 World Congress of Anthropology in Chiapas, Mexico.

Why is Jairo important and why does he need to get to this World Congress? Jairo is a future leader of
the Kachabari village, so that makes the educational opportunity represented by this Congress of great
importance to his village. Jairo will learn how to participate more effectively in Costa Rican government,
how to stand up for the tribes rights, and how to help his people lift themselves out of poverty.

That makes his trip seem like a worthy venture. And that trip is only one small part of the picture. Green
Jungle is creating a comprehensive economic development project. That project would be the captive
breeding program mentioned earlier. We want to see BriBri families earn income from the program
while protecting wildlife and the ecosystem in their part of Costa Rica.

Theres more! We also plan to establish a biological research station, living quarters for volunteers, and
eco-tourism trails.

With Jairos trip coming up, the captive breeding program, and the other projects there is a lot of work
to be done in the coming months. Thats why wed appreciate hearing from you soon. The sooner we
make our fundraising goal of $25,000 the sooner these important projects can move forward. We at
Green Jungle are sure youll feel like the money is well spent and your contribution has really helped
people. You must be interested in helping or you probably wouldnt have read this far.

I hope youll take a few minutes to fill out and return the gift reply card now.

Best Regards,

Tom Snyder

If you need to know more before deciding to donate, you can check out our project at
www.greenjungle.org. Theres a donation page on that site.

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