Update on the Ara Project, Costa Rica

by Fernanda Hong, Executive Director, ARA Project

The ARA Project is progressing quickly now we have successfully relocated from Alajuela to Islita - more than five hours’ drive away.  The relocated 65 Scarlet Macaws and 50 Great Greens/Buffon’s Macaws are doing great in their new accommodation and with the local foods.

Our breeding centre had been at Alajuela, Costa Rica for over 30 years and it was a monumental task to move, and took over a year of preparation and construction.  New environmental and construction permits had to be processed before building could start and the logistics of moving a breeding centre with so many birds had to be resolved.

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