Created 1973 Area 34 ha | Status Open all year Phone +506 2433 8989 | |
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Type Urban park. Zoo, Botanical Garden. Location Alajuela Province, Costa Rica Operated by Fundación Restauración de la Naturaleza Address 2.3 km al este del cruce de Manolo's, ruta 3, hacia el B° San José., Alajuela Province, Alajuela, Costa Rica Hours Open today · 9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Juan Santamaria Historical, Estadio Alejandro Morera S, Parque Zoológico Nacional, Celeste River, Courtyard San Jose Airport Al Profiles | ||
La martilla bebe de rescate animal zoo ave
Rescate Animal Zoo Ave, or simply Zoo Ave, is an urban park of approximately 14 hectares (34 acres), located in La Garita, in the canton of Alajuela, Costa Rica. It has an average altitude of 814 meters and is bounded to the north by the bed of the river Rio Poas. The site includes the largest collection of bird species in Latin America.
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- La martilla bebe de rescate animal zoo ave
- Bienvenida a rescate animal zoo ave
- History
- Attractions
- References
It is administered by a conservation nonprofit foundation called Fundación Restauración de la Naturaleza, which also is responsible for the country's largest rehabilitation center in the Zoo Ave campus.
Bienvenida a rescate animal zoo ave
History
Much of the land comprising the Zoo was a coffee and sugar cane plantation area. Initially it consisted of privately owned collection of about 50 animals. Because of its major expansion and pleasant climate, for many years appeared attempts to build on its premises a zoo, but none materialized until the early 1990s when the property was to be administered by conservationist Dennis Janik, who lead the introduction of over a thousand trees in substitution of the coffee plantations. In 1995 the Costa Rican government approved the creation of an animal rescue venture within the zoo.
In the following decades, various species of birds originating from various parts of the country, in order to promote the concept of conservation of tropical habitat, were introduced.
Zoo Ave devotes part of its activity to research, captive breeding of species of tropical flora and fauna, including reptiles since 1999, environmental education, conservation and rehabilitation of injured, orphan or recovered animal species.
Attractions
Zoo Ave has an area of approximately 35 acres with a main nature trail circuit that displays wild animal enclosures and education against animal mistreating. A breeding center and the veterinary rescue center are in the Zoo Ave campus but off limits to visitors.