CNN Belize mob torches Americans' animal sanctuary but their will survives

(CNN) -- An American couple in Belize struggled Tuesday to figure out their future, their dreams literally up in smoke after a mob of indigenous Mayans burned down their animal sanctuary in the belief the foreigners fed two missing children to crocodiles on their property.

Please read the whole story at CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/07/belize.american.house.torched/?hpt=C2#fbid=KtyjnKwzCdm&wom=false



Donations for ACES requested

The owners of a Punta Gorda area hotel have issued this entreaty on behalf of Rose and Chenot-Rose:

“Following the arson attack on ACES which has completely demolished their home and facilities an account has been set up at Belize Bank to help provide financial support for Vince and Cherie during this period of crisis for them."

A bank wire transfer in U.S. dollars may be sent to:

Intermediary Bank, Bank of America New York
300 Harmon Meadow BLVD,
Seacaucus N.J. 07094 USA,

Swift address - BOFAUS3N
ABA... -026009593 to credit

Beneficiary Bank, BIC BBLBZBZ
account #6550-8-26053 of Belize Bank Limited,

For final credit to account # 630-1-1-10130 of Vince & Cherie Rose Fire Victim


or use the local Belize Bank


Belize Bank
# 630-1-1-10130
Account# Vince & Cherie Rose Fire Victim Account

Chaos in Punta Gorda

Sunday morning armed villagers - about 100 of them - showed up outside the PG police station demanding that police go and search an American couple's home in the Water Hole Area. Police didn't accede to the demands and shortly after ACES  the American Crocodile sanctuary and all the buildings and cars where on Fire

Vince Rose, Owner of house

"My whole life that I built as a little boy is gone. I didn't just move here with a couple of bags, my whole life that I had was there and I know material things but they have meaning to me and my wife besides all the hard work we did. So Punta Gorda lost out because that sanctuary is gone; so is the education; so is any help. This is going to go on every news station I can ever get to internationally. I guess I have to go back like when I was 18 years and go find a job and a place to live and go buy some underwear and maybe some shampoo and start all over because I got nothing."

"I am still at a shock and all I've done since I've heard of this is me and my wife crying. It's just unacceptable that a pre-meditated group of savages - and they are not human beings, they are savages - they should not even be out on the streets; they should all be in prison because they are not human beings. It was pre-meditated and they are savages and I am going back to see if any of the animals are alive or dead. That's unacceptable. Belizeans should be ashamed of themselves to allow people to live in their country that are savages."


Full Story at  7NewsBelize



To help ACES, donations can be made:

International wiring account number for donations

Belize Bank # 630-1-1-10130

Account# Vince & Cherie Rose Fire Victim Account