In the misty forests just outside of Chile's capital Santiago, a rescued puma stalks the leafy surroundings of the Refugio Animal Cascada, a shelter hoping to rehabilitate and house wildlife affected by the country's natural disasters.
The shelter, first opened two decades ago, has seen a host of new residents this year following a string of recent wildfires, droughts and heavy rains.
"We are experiencing a major global environmental crisis that shows itself ... in the loss of biodiversity and native wildlife," the Chilean Environment Minister Maisa Rojas said during a visit to inaugurate a new unit on Wednesday. "It is at risk."and devastated large swathes of the country, leaving not just dozens of people homeless but also destroying the habitats of woodland animals.
Activists at the time raised the alarm as they treated burns on animals displaced by the fires, including monitos del monte, - small nocturnal marsupials - and pudus,
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