Monthly Archives: January 2018
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Wildlife Selfies
Posted on January 26, 2018 by Laura Wilkinson in Education.Change is Coming Thankfully, the world has recently seen a change of attitude when it comes to tourism and wildlife. Due to many recent investigations exposing wildlife cruelty at centers where tourists can have a wildlife encounter, people are now more aware of the consequences of their actions. That’s not to say that it’s still not happening, but people are now realising the extreme […]
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Bernie’s Rehabilitation and Release
Posted on January 17, 2018 by Laura Wilkinson in Injuries, Rehabilitation, Releases.Bernie was badly electrocuted in Playa Guiones in December 2016. He not only suffered from painful electrical burns, Bernie also caught on fire during the accident. Every year Refuge for Wildlife rescues hundreds of monkeys and other wildlife that have been electrocuted due to uninsulated power lines and transformers. Electrocution is the #1 killer of howler […]
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Rescue & Release of Five Orphaned Pizotes
Posted on January 17, 2018 by Laura Wilkinson in Orphans, Rehabilitation, Releases.In June 2017, Refuge for Wildlife rescued five infant white-nosed coati, locally known as “pizotes”. First we rescued Roxy, who was found alone without her mother. The next day another pizote was rescued, we named her Carrie and she became close friends with Roxy. Not long after that, we rescued three more pizotes called Jane, Judith and […]
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Han’s Rehabilitation and Release
Posted on January 17, 2018 by Laura Wilkinson in Injuries, Rehabilitation.Han was rescue in late May 2017 when he was hit by a car and broke his femur and hip. It was clear to us that his leg was broken, but there was no way of knowing what the correct treatment would be because we needed to get an x-ray first. Without it, we would not have enough details […]
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Midnight’s Story
Posted on January 17, 2018 by Laura Wilkinson in Rehabilitation, Releases, Rescues.Midnight was rescued from Los Arenales in March after he fell from electrical cables and hit his head. At our onsite clinic, Dr. Francisco Sánchez and Dr. Christine Nelson discovered that electrocution was the cause of Midnight’s fall. So in addition to treatment for blindness and muscle tremors caused by head trauma, Midnight was treated for electrical burns […]
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2018 Annual Fundraiser – February 25th 2018
Posted on January 17, 2018 by Laura Wilkinson in Fundraising.On Sunday, February 25th 2018 from 11am to 3pm we will be holding our annual Refuge for Wildlife fundraiser at Harbor Reef in Nosara, Costa Rica. Each year, Refuge for Wildlife holds this event to raise much needed funds required to rescue, rehabilitate and release injured and orphaned wildlife. This year we will have live music, a small […]
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A few weeks ago, Libby fell from a tree in Santa Cruz and badly fractured her femur. In order to save her leg, she needed special orthopaedic surgery in San Jose. Thanks to donations from the public, the surgery was performed by Dr Randall Arg...
Another successful rescue, rehab and release! Henry was taken back to the forest this morning after a only a few weeks of care at Refuge for Wildlife. Henry was injured in Esperanza when he climbed onto uninsulated power lines near the mango t...
Just look at that face! Oto is an expert at looking adorable!🐵
Kendra was orphaned when she and her mother were electrocuted by an uninsulated power transformer in Santa Cruz. Kendra has severe burns all over her face, shoulders, back, stomach, hands and feet. She is currently being treated in our clinic with...
