Quetzal

Quetzal

[uxgallery id=”1″] It’s Quetzal Time! Ripe Avocados Make San Gerardo de Dota a Birding Paradise   The small wild avocados, known in Spanish as aguacatillos, are ripe in San Gerardo de Dota. To us birders, that means “It’s quetzal...

Finally Home!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Five Orphaned Howler Monkeys Released After years of rehabilitation, Hendrix, Erick, Kenneth, Bianca, and Priscilla have returned to the treetops and a life of living wild and free! It took many years, as each monkey was rescued as...
Help Barbara’s Animal Rescue Center

Help Barbara’s Animal Rescue Center

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Twenty-five years ago, Barbara Deppe came to Costa Rica from Germany with a passion for animals and the purpose of starting an animal rescue center. She set out to help the many homeless, sick and forgotten animals in her area and...
Local Vet Gilberth Cavallini Goes to Africa

Local Vet Gilberth Cavallini Goes to Africa

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When Gilberth Cavallini was a little boy, he used to rescue all sorts of animals and tend to their ailments. His mom recently reminded him of the time he sutured the wing of a chicken that his German shepherd had injured. As an...
A Place In Between: Boarding Facility for Rescue Cases

A Place In Between: Boarding Facility for Rescue Cases

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Place In Between: Boarding Facility for Rescue Cases.  As many Howler readers are aware, Hospital Veterinario Cavallini has been working to help Guanacaste communities in various ways over the years. Animal rescue cases are an...