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Help
 the White-Lipped Peccary
Live His Best Life!

WINK

$1,235  Raised!

$30k goal

Join the list of Wink lovers!


Megan Day 

$5

Ashton Ramsey

$100

Ashley Coleman

$20

Dennis McGuire

$100

Danielle Fahey

$20

Daniel Warren

$50

Deb Turner

$15

Grant Hundley

$100

Julie Quinn

$25

Anonymous

$100

Tanja Gebhart

$50

Lori Rottenberg

$50

Nikki Oliver

$25

Katy Muirhead

$100

Anonymous

$25

Judith Müller

$10

Otto & Cindy Bean

$200

Marie-Eve Lajoie

$50

Steven Cummings

$25

Anonymous

$25

Katie Duncan

$100

Jordan L. Gill

$40

Wink the White Lipped Peccary

The Behind the Vines Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 - all donations are tax deductible and tax free! 100% goes to Wink!

Wink loves playing with coconuts

Meet Wink, the most playful and lovable peccary you’ll ever know. His story began when he wandered onto the Jaguar’s Jungle Lodge at just a few days old—alone, injured, and fighting for survival. With a hole clear through his leg, he faced an uphill battle, but thanks to months of round-the-clock care, his wound fully healed, and he blossomed into the happiest peccary on earth!


But now, Wink needs your help!


Recently, MINAE relocated him to Yaguará Wildlife Sanctuary, a fully permitted but underfunded grassroots rescue center started by a dedicated local vet who poured her own savings into helping animals like Wink. While he is in good hands, the sanctuary desperately needs resources to ensure he has the best possible enclosure, proper food, and enrichment to keep him happy and thriving.


Wink isn’t just any peccary—he’s part of an endangered species vital to the ecosystem. With your support, we can build him a fantastic, spacious habitat where he can play, roam, and even contribute to a breeding program to help repopulate white-lipped peccaries in the wild.


Your donation will help fund:

✔ A large, enriching enclosure built just for Wink

✔ His favorite foods to keep him strong and happy

✔ Veterinary care and ongoing support

✔ Contributions to peccary conservation efforts


Even a $10 donation is enough to buy one fruit tree to plant in his enclosure!


The enclosure they have Wink in now has nothing but overgrown grass and bone dry dirt! He needs fruit trees to provide fruit and leaf litter that he can dig through for bugs! He needs good sources of protein, flowering bushes, edible roots, and long play times.


The Behind the Vines Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 which means every donation is tax deductible for you and tax free for us! 100% of your contribution goes straight to Wink's wellbeing!


Let’s give Wink the incredible life he deserves! Every dollar makes a difference in ensuring he gets the best care possible while playing a vital role in conservation. You can even visit Wink at the sanctuary in Costa Rica!

Wink being taken by MINAE

Wink being taken away by the MINAE, his first time in a cage

and eating hibiscus leaves and flowers

Wink meets the tapir
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