Mariza Epicentro kept several species of domesticated animals including pigs, chickens, goats, sheep, cats, ducks and Geraldo the goose.

Chickens eagerly awaiting a feed

The juvenile pigs enjoying food leftover from the kitchen. The wooden contraptions around their heads are designed to stop their heads getting stuck in fences

Geraldo the goose is one of the most moody and irritable things I’ve come across. He attacked people who came near him, managing to bite the cook

The farmers and volunteers inspecting a sheep and goat trough at Mariza Epicentro’s secondary property

One of the cats eyeing off cake

Geraldo the goose bossing a duck. Cashew leaves frame the photo

Cats at the food bowl

The billy goat showing disdain

Volunteer Marcio feeding the goats and sheep lower grade corn cobs

Two sheep, one with wool and the other without. Like the pigs, one of the sheep has sticks around its neck to stop it from getting its head stuck in the fence

Goats running around with a neighbouring property in the background