Help Rehabilitate Sloths and Costa Rican Wildlife

I love updating all of the wonderful people who have supported us in the short 9 months we have been working with GlobalGiving. Their platform has helped us in so many ways and I hope you know that each and every donation that comes in goes a long way.

After celebrating the success of July Bonus Day, we are eager to get a jump start in the September little by little campaign the 13th through the 17th of this month. For donations up to (not over) $50 will be matched at 50% so we can all see that donations don't need to be huge to make a big impact. Little by little we can raise the funds necessary to continue our work. 

Speaking of our work, we've recently received a baby jaguarundi and released a two toed sloth! The jaguarundi was unfortunately found alone and too young to be left so we will be raising it until it is ready for release adhering to strict protocols and diets for a succesful release in the future.

The sloth appeared to be attacked by another animal and while it did lose an eye, made a full recovery. After about a month in our clinic after surgery and treatment, he was eager to climb back up in the trees far away from humans. 

As always, thank you for your support and we are so happy we can continue our work to rescue, rehabilitate, and release wildlife! 

I am not sure why I am continually surprised, but each time there is an opportunity with GlobalGiving like the July Bonus Day, I am blown away with how our supporters near and far help us take advantage of the potential bonus' we can earn.

With the matching funds and your donations, we were able to raise and earn $5422 USD in just one day! 

This will cover the clinic medications, veterinarian cost, and food for at least a month if not more. This is amazing in helping us continue to rescue, rehabilitate, and release the wildlife of Costa Rica.

While we are still beaming with appreciation of you and excitment to continue our work, we have still received animals in need of our help. 

We  have an adult two-fingered sloth in our clinic that appears to have been attacked by another animal, but we don't know for sure as it was found in the middle of the road so with the wounds and location it was found we have differing theories. 

It did lose one eye, but has been recovering well and is growing stronger by the day. 

A pelican that came in needed surgery to remove a hook it had swallowed. Fortunately someone spotted the fishing line from the mouth and it was brought to our care. Our veterinarian and a visiting veterinarian were able to successfully remove the hook and the Pelican is on the road to recovery. It is still in intensive care but in great hands. 

Thank you again for your support and we plan to keep this momentum going to care for and improve our facilities for the wildlife that arrive. 

Ciao and Gracias from Costa Rica!