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Restoring the
Nature Foundation
Zoo Ave Wildlife Conservation Park
is one of three wildlife projects owned and operated
by the Nature Restoration Foundation (NRF). It is
an officially recognized Costa Rican wildlife rescue
center and premier zoological facility. The park hosts
over 60,000 visitors every year, the vast majority
of which (95%) are Costa Rican Nationals. Over the
past decade (since 1990), Zoo Ave has worked to preserve
native flora and fauna through wildlife rehabilitation,
captive breeding, release of native species and operation
of the zoological garden. The Zoo itself is designed
to educate the public about conservation and to display
native Costa Rican species in a healthy and respectful
manner.
As our name implies, Zoo Ave is a place for the birds.
We have over 80 species of native avifauna on exhibit
including 13 species of psittacines (parrots), 16
species of raptors (hawks, eagles and owls), 40 species
of songbirds, 5 toucan species and 4 species of cracids
(guans, currosaws and chachalacas).
In addition to birds, visitors will
witness a number of indigenous primates (Squirrel
monkeys,spider monkeys, howler monkeys, white-faced
capuchins, and tufted-ear marmosets.
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