Little “Congita” arrived one week ago and…

…look at her now!

Boogie, the Tayra, came to us with low levels of calcium and was very thin. Today he is healthy, but it is doubtful that he will be released. Boogie was born in captivity and chances are he has been imprinted beyond the capacity to rehabilitate, but we will continue to try…

A car had hit Lilliana, the Black and White Owl. She was brought to the sanctuary with a broken wing and a damaged eye. We wrapped her wing, and could only give the eye time to see what would happen. We took the wing wrap off, her wing is good and it appears that she has lost some vision in her eye, but not enough to prevent us from releasing her. In preparation for release she will be going to a larger cage to strengthen her flight muscles.

Jazz, the baby Whitethroated Capuchin was turned in to MINAE by his “masters” complaining about him always biting. He hasn’t bitten any of us; maybe because of the variety and abundance of food we feed him. He came to us awfully thin. He is old enough to go without his milk formula, but he still enjoys it so we treat him in the early morning and late evening with a warm bottle of soy based milk. Jazz will never be releasable due to the territorial traits of the specie. When his is older, he will be placed with the other capuchins in their new large cage.

Lola, the Ocelot was taken from her mother to sell in the illicit pet trade. Gollo, an employee, was approached to buy her and reported the incident to MINAE. She was confiscated the next day and sent to the sanctuary. She has also adapted well to eating her calcium-fortified chopped heart twice a day and chewing on bones inside her lair. She is growing in leaps and bounds and loves to play “big cat” in the grass.

Tita, the baby Central American Squirrel Monkey was confiscated from a home. She acclimated well to her new surrounds and diet during her quarantine to enable us to put her in the larger cage with Etilma and Katie. The two older “sisters” weren’t happy to share their space; she was terribly dominated not being allowed off the cage floor. We pulled her out with plans to attach a smaller cage to theirs allowing them to get to know her more slowly. When we move them to a larger cage we will once again try to put all three together.