Jaguar Rescue Center

We were here on the East Coast for a few weeks, and wanted to do as much as we could while we were here. One of the fun things we did was visit the Jaguar Rescue Center, or JRC. The JRC is an animal rehabilitation center for pretty much the entire eastern coast of Costa Rica. They take in as many animals as they can, with a focus on birds, reptiles, amphibians and small mammals. They do their best to fix up and doctor injured animals that come through, and then they release them back into the wild. Some animals aren't able to be released, due to their injuries, or inability to fend for themselves, so they get a permanent home in the center. We had a great time learning about all the different animals, and our tour guide (a lovely British gal whose name I can't remember) was very informative and put up with Solia's ennnnnndless questions.

Before we even started the tour, while we were waiting in the little food court area, we got to see a cool Red Eyed Tree Frog on a leaf. He was pretty awesome, and even crawled on the dudes hand (see video below). I felt a little bad, since we'd obviously woken the poor little guy from a nap. Also, there was plenty of time for silly selfies too ;)

The first stop in the actual tour was a little area of tanks where they kept the snakes they are treating/rehabilitating.

Next, we visited the sloth area, and learned a ton about these cute little Two Toed Sloths:

In the same little enclosure, they had a baby Howler Monkey (whose mom died), a Keel Billed Toucan that was hanging around, terrorizing the poor sloths, and a cute little anteater.

After that, there was a lot less rhyme or reason to the groupings. They had birds (like this aracari, a wounded pelican, hawks, and parrots):

They had some reptiles, like this American Crocodile, some random turtle, and some Spectacled Caimans:

They had some big cats, like this cute Ocelot and even cuter Margay:

They had more mammals, like the Spider Monkey, BABY SLOTHS, a peccary, a white tailed deer (Costa Rica's national animal, if you can believe it), an agouti, and some Capuchins and a bunny (both not pictured):