Declines in wildlife species and individual populations in recent years have caused alarm and highlighted the urgent need for innovative conservation strategies. In this context, wildlife rescue centers are critical nodes in the fight to protect biodiversity. In November, we published a study introducing the Speaker Method, a novel release technique for rescuing and reuniting mammal offspring with their mothers in their natural habitat. Traditional methods often involve keeping animals in captiv...

Brought by the coast guards; this hawksbill sea turtle came very weakly and suffers from a harpoon wound in her shell. Also, she had wounds in her fins because the people who harpooned her tied them, so she couldn´t move.

On May 12 we started the campaign “Drive for Life” where the goal was to raise $15,000 to be able to buy a “new” second-hand truck.

JRC had the opportunity to join Jennie Webber, a UK based wildlife artist, in a sloth drawing class, who helped raise money for the center.

Check us out on Zac Efron new series “Down to Earth” as he travels around the world focusing on sustainable living pratices, nature and green energy. We’re part of the Costa Rican episode where our co-founder Encar shows the center around to Zac and Darin and explains our mission.

June was a fantastic month of releases. Knowing that the animals, which we worked hard to rehabilitate, are back in their own environment makes all the difficulties we encountered worthwhile!

The two are now back where they both belong, happy day! A big thank you to SINAC and Cahuita National Park for letting us release them in this incredible park.

After spending one year with us she’s finally back where she belongs

She was found in a field hanging tight to her dead mother and along with her mother were 7 other dead adult monkeys