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Don't Feed Wild Animals!

Feeding wildlife permanently impacts their behavior. Once “tamed” wildlife can incur irreversible damage. They will become dependent on humans for food and will leave their natural environment. This exposes them to the dangers of human society; including being electrocuted by power lines, run over by cars, caught and put into the illegal pet trade, hurt by domesticated animals, and thought of as a pest. Healthy wild animals should actively try to avoid humans.

 

Feeding wild animals is NOT helping them survive. 

 

When wild animals leave their natural habitat they risk electrocution and human conflict. 31% to 36% of electrocuted animals die instantly. The ones that survive electrocution often fall to the road or contract an infection. Dead animals on the side of the road have become common sightings in Costa Rica. On a 4 km-long segment of road, there was an average of 2.7 mammals and 1 bird death per day. Help prevent this by keeping animals in their natural environment, do not feed them. Save lives today!

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  • "Kids Saving the Rainforest is a non-profit organization based in Quepos, Costa Rica

  • They offer educational tours to the public of their wildlife sanctuary that is home to nearly 50 animals who cannot be released back into the wild

  • They operate a rescue center that rescues over 100 animals each year

  • Their primary goal is rehabilitating these animals to be released back into the wild

  • They help people learn about the dangers of human-wildlife interaction, the pet trade, and much more

  • They teach people how to respect wildlife and to engage in ecologically responsible tourism

  • They have a veterinary clinic on-site, as well as a wildlife nursery with orphaned babies.
    They have a reforestation project, and we also put up wildlife bridges and work with the electric company to minimize wildlife injuries and deaths caused by electrocution."

 

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​Information taken from https://www.kidssavingtherainforest.org/ and https://www.govisitcostarica.com/travelInfo/conservation.asp#

 

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