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

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.