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

Crocodile Sanctuary in Belize Destroyed by Mob

San Pedro Sun,  Monday, September 6, 2010

Press Release - Amercian Crocodile Education Sanctuary - September 6, 2010 - In the early morning hours of September 5th, a frenzied mob of Mayan-Belizean villagers set fire to the American Crocodile sanctuary that a Colorado,USA couple spent the last six years creating. “We’ve lost everything,” said Cherie Chenot-Rose, co-owner and founder of the American Crocodile Sanctuary for Education (ACES). The sanctuary was located in Punta Gorda, Belize.

Read the Full Story in San Prdo Sun Blog
http://sanpedrosun.blogspot.com/2010/09/crocodile-sanctuary-in-belize-destroyed.html

Donations can be made:
International wiring account number for donations
Belize Bank # 630-1-1-10130
Account# Vince & Cherie Rose Fire Victim Account

Related links:
http://www.americancrocodilesanctuary.org/

http://www.facebook.com/aces.american.crocodiles

We need you

Please share is article with international News and TV stations.
We need international press coverage and make this incident public.

We need  help and public support, local and international for Cherie and Vince to rebuild the sanctuary and get them respect they deserve.

There is nobody else in Belize for taking care to the crocs.

Please support Cherie Vince and all the Belizean Crocodiles






 

Angry and stupid mob destroys ACES Crocodile Sanctuary in Belize

ACES / American Crocodile Educational Sanctuary no longer exists
by Cherie Renee Chenot-Rose on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at 1:10pm

ACES no longer exists. While Vince and I were on Ambergris Caye rescuing three problematic crocodiles for the Belize Forest Department, two children went missing from a village near Punta Gorda. The local Maya villagers believed that Vince and I fed the missing children to the crocs.

We were not even there, as I stated, but were on Ambergris Caye. As a lynch mob, the villagers burnt ACES / American Crocodile Education Sanctuary to the ground.

The status of the crocodiles is unknown because the fire is so hot the Belize Defense Forces cannot get to the property.

None has been arrested. Vince and Cherie are now homeless and do not have anything to their name. Everything was lost. Our lives have been threated if we return to Punta Gorda...

The green and eco-friendly building of the ACES / American Crocodile Educational Sanctuary where all burnt to the ground and the owner treated with dead if they come back.

We also feel sorry for all the crocodiles for loosing there home.

This sad story was also on facebook, where Cherie reported it to the public.

http://www.facebook.com/notes/cherie-renee-chenot-rose/aces-american-crocodile-educational-sanctuary-no-longer-exists/425044629162#!/aces.american.crocodiles

and in the Belize Forum

http://www.belizeforum.com/belize/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=182556&page=1

Many supporters in Belize and USA like to help Vince and Cherie and we hope ACES will have a future in Belize. The is a a lot of traffic and new about this incident, in blogs, forums, twitter, facebook and on mondy also in the Blezean News. 

Cherie and Vince

The Crocodiles her need you, because there is now body else to protect and save them.

Please visit the Site from ACES

http://www.americancrocodilesanctuary.org/

where we also got his two pictures.