Yesterday I went to the Jaguar Rescue Center near Cocles. Unfortunately there were no actual jaguars but there were large cats and lots of animals that the Center helps. Most of the animals are released back into the wild after they have grown large enough (like the monkeys) or after they have healed. The only exceptions are the poisonous snakes and one of the cats who was brought back to the rescue center after he kept going to close to farms for chickens and cows. It was so fun to see all of the animals and learn about some of the things that they do to help them. I even got to hold a Howler Monkey!
One of the Howler Monkeys climbing on the staff.
Our guide told us that all of the monkeys they have are babies that fell of their moms as they were climbing through the trees. If the babies can't climb the tree to get back to mom she just leaves them.
This friendly toucan just wanted to check us out.
Here is an Ocelots that was rescued by the center. He's so cute!
These two Owls are learning how to hunt and fly again so that they can go back into the wild.
Can you spot the sleeping Red Eyed Tree Frog?
He's kind of hard to see but look at the curl in the leaf and he's right under there.
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