Quote at the Belize Zoo followed by some pix of the critters there

Scarlet Macaw
I wasn't able to see any in the wild because it is not their season.

Morelet's crocodile

Mottled owl and her sweet chick

Spider monkeys

Jaguarundi


It's unfortunate it was so smoky at the rehab/zoo the one and only day we were there. I felt sorry for the critters and it made it very hard to take decent pix.

Elle ~ I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed your photos and videos! There is so much I would love to comment on, but time does not permit. You know how I love the big cats so I am blown away with the beauty of the Jaguar.
I just lovvvvvvve him. Awesome face and beautiful fur. The picture I love the most is the 5th one where h/s is
resting her head on her leg...such a soft look in her eyes. Of course, I like the Puma too.
The Jaguarundi is very interesting looking. I have to look that one up and find out more about it.

Thank you for sharing your marvelous trip.

Thanks Annie. It was such a wonderful trip. Let's hope the jaguar can be successfully bred and returned to the wild as is the plan; they are incredibly beautiful.

I posted the quote from Mahatma Ghandi.

Here is another from the wildlife rehabilitation manual I am currently studying:

" When we return wild animals to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs. For man cannot give wild animals freedom, they can only take it away."
-Jacques Cousteau

Apropos given current events.