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| This is “My Zoo” or the closest one to Atenas, 16.1 km or 10 miles. |
Zooave is recognized for
it’s high quality of animal care.
Read this online article about the excellence award it and one other place in Costa Rica received. Not all places labeled “Animal Rescue” are high quality!
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| InterNations is an organization of expats around the world with a San Jose chapter for Costa Rica. I’m checking it out. They sponsored this outing today. |
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| The famous toucan from Grecia with broken bill that ZooAve saved and 3-D printed a prosthesis bill which he doesn’t always wear. |
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| This pigeon was brought in from penitentiary where he had been delivering drugs to an inmate. Interesting. |
For even more photos, see my TRIPS Photo Gallery InterNations at ZooAve
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| Tico Times photo of injured Keel-billed Toucan at ZooAVE |
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| I like to include breakfast at La Casita del Cafe with a view to the ocean. |
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| And we took the tour of El Toledo Coffee Farm, the only two on the tour! We then ate Sunday dinner with his family and really enjoyed that as much! That is John Rasbury on left from Williamson County, Tennessee. Gabriel is the oldest son of the coffee farmer and does the tours now. My friend. |
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| I also took John to Zoo Ave, City Mall, La Garita plant nurseries, house hunting (his main goal), and lots of restaurants! 🙂 4 days here. |
I did not know John from my many years living in Nashville but met him on the Chris Howard Relocation or Living in Costa Rica Tour in 2014. We have kept in touch since. He is not able to retire yet, but plans to come here when he does and is starting to invest in rental property here for his future income. Like Reagan, his favorite place was sitting on my terrace.
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| Flash Back plays for dancing at Augostos Restaurant tonight |
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| Scarlet Macaw at Zoo Ave |
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| Keel-billed Toucan at Zoo Ave |
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| An Injured Toucan rescued and nursed to health |
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| Green Iguana, one of many around the park |
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| Wild Spectacled Owl visiting Zoo Ave |
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| Striped Owl at Zoo Ave |
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| Crested Owl at Zoo Ave |
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| Emu at Zoo Ave |
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| Great Curassow Male at Zoo Ave |
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| Great Curassow Female at Zoo Ave |
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| Squirrel Monkey at Zoo Ave |
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| Spider Monkey at Zoo Ave |
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| Helicopter Damselfly at Zoo Ave |
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| Baird’s Tapir or Central American Tapir at Zoo Ave |
Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.~Jack Hanna
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| Chestnut-mandibled Toucan RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Collared Aracari Toucan RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Emerald Toucanet RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Central American Spider Monkey RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Great Curassow RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
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| Torch Ginger or Etlingera elatior RESCATE ANIMAL zooave, La Garita, Costa Rica |
Well, there is so much more I could share. It was my second time at this little zoo, gardens, and animal rescue association. I really like it and think it a better (and less expensive) place to visit than La Paz for birds and gardens. Now, La Paz has hummingbirds not here and of course the beautiful 5 waterfalls, but it costs twice as much! And Zoo Ave is just 20 minutes from my house.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In 2020 this facility has been “rebranded” to eliminate the zoo concept and is now called Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center.
¡Pura Vida!
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| The animals are tucked into little nooks along trails like this. |
Yesterday I spent more than two hours at an animal rescue organization’s beautiful little zoo only 20 minutes away from where I live. It is in La Garita, Costa Rica which I pass on the way to Alajuela. It is called RESCATE ANIMAL zooave. That title link takes you to their website which can be viewed in English.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In 2020 this facility has been “rebranded” to eliminate the zoo concept and is now called Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center.
The zoo is a beautiful tropical garden good for two hours of walking just for the gardens. There are a lot of animals, mostly birds. The word “ave” is Spanish for bird and it is primarily a bird zoo, but there are monkeys and many other animals plus the wild animals like iguanas and squirrels stealing bird seed. And wild birds flying in and out.
Today we had a 2.5 hour meeting of residents with part of the new apartment management and the attorney for the owners in Holland. If they do everything they promised, I will be staying long term in these apartments. A former administrator is back and the new director is coming from Holland in a month or so. I like them both and the attorney. So things are looking better by the day! And had lunch with a couple from Canada at a little Italian restaurant in town. Keep finding new, good places to eat! Though places like this one have American prices.
The adventure continues! Pura Vida!
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| Peacock photographed at Rescate Animal Zooave – More about it tomorrow. |
ELEVEN REASONS I KNOW I’M IN COSTA RICA