We do not always bring every animal we rescue to the center, sometimes we are just called to help wildlife that is caught or stuck somewhere, as was the case with this adult, woolly opossum. This marsupial was trapped between someone’s door, so the sanctuary was called to safely remove it and release it back into its home.

Progress on the Ocelot enclosure is underway and it is only a matter of days until the new enclosure is complete. We have installed infra-red cameras in both the Margay’s and Ocelot’s pre-release enclosures in order to observe their behavior during the day as well as at night. In order to prevent the cats from having any human interaction, we are limiting our interaction with them as much as possible. It is, however, important for us to observe their behaviors and assess whether or not they can be released. Observing them via the video footage allows us to do this without having visual contact with them.  
 
We are still trying to raise more funds to help out in the construction of the Ocelot's enclosure. If you, or anyone you know would like to help out, please visit our Gofund me page and donate any amount.

A Fiery-billed Aracari got hit by a car and was brought to the sanctuary last week by MINAE. It sustained a head trauma, and is being treated with anti-inflammatories. It is recovering well enough for us to be certain that it will be released shortly.

In June we received a juvenile, male kinkajou that was found abandoned in Uvita. His eyes were still shut and estimated to be around 10 days old upon arrival, only weighing 200 grams. When we find abandoned young, like this Kinkajou or Tamandua, it is possible that their mother’s may have abandoned them due to the young being sick or weak. Animals will not spend the energy to raise young if they are unsure that they will survive. Other reasons could be that their mothers were killed as a result of a road traffic accident or animal attack. Joey, as we named the kinkajou, is growing incredibly fast and has a healthy appetite for his bottle of goat’s milk.

This month, together with ICE (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad), we help set up a biological crossing in Dominicalito. Over the past month we have been collecting signatures from people in the area who agreed that a monkey crossing would be suitable, due to the high occurrence of sightings of troops crossing the road. We have also taken photos to show as evidence to ICE, that wildlife does cross in the area, and that it would be extremely beneficial to have some form of bridge which enables the animals to avoid crossing on the road. After presenting our evidence to the workers, ICE agreed to fund the bridge, and constructed it with the help of their workers. Our volunteers and staff were present in order to hand out flyers to oncoming traffic, informing them of the new crossing, and to boost morale.