From our Manager at Lapa Rios Ecolodge this week...

Today I get a call by Radio form Luis our Reserve "Ranger" he says 'Juan I found a baby Macaw on the ground in the middle of the Ridge Trail what should I do?' Normally I tend to let nature lead the way and keep things in their natural order, but in the case of animals that are in danger of extinction (not by natural order but because our human ways have tilted the balance one way it’s hard not to think it’s best to help out and try to balance back a bit...) Any way so I tell him to bring it back to the lodge, and so he did, look at the cute guy, he is still growing its feathers and it’s not ready to fly, apparently fell of from the nest, but looked healthy enough and was very docile, everybody fell in love, guests staff and visitors all wanted to take a picture and pet it.... No wonder there is a market for this animals as pets, as some even suggested we keep it as a pet and let her roam free here at the lodge, we explained the importance of leaving animals in the wild and specially the importance of being an example by keeping it as a pet even under this circumstances we would be joining the many how keep wild animals in captivity so we send her off to the animal Sanctuary on the other side of the Gulf where they will work hard to release it back to the wild as soon as she is able to survive on her own.