CONSERVATION

When the Marine Park opened their doors began to arrive wild animals that people gave to the Park, because found wounded such us pelicans, gulls, boobies, sea turtles, crocodiles and sea serpents. Or by the calls that have been made to rescue sea turtles, and even dolphins.

Marine Animal Rescue Center (CRRAM)

The CRRAM initiated thanks to donations Florida Bebidas y Pesquera Cannavo de Venezuela of Venezuela, and to the support of Foundation CRUSA, being constructed a small installation to lodge marine turtles. We have a technical support of marine biologists and one veterinarian; turtles of the Caribbean and the Pacific have been received.

The objective is to rescue, to rehabilitate by means of biological and veterinary handling and to release the animals once good health has been obtained. In the Park we try to release all sea turtles, birds and crocodiles, except when the animal cannot take care of itself on its own, this is the case when pelicans are completely unable to fly and of our two sea turtles (olive riddle) that have bad physiological conditions that make their freedom impossible. These hurt animals play an important role of education on the visitors.

The CRRAM has the support of the Hospital of Smaller Species from the School of Veterinary Sciences of Universidad Nacional.

Crocodile Area:

In Costa Rica the crocodiles (Cocodrylus accutus) and caymans (Cayman cocodrylus) are threatened species. In alliance with the Asociación Costarricense de Especialistas en Cocodrilos and the Universidad Nacional, the park opened an area for the public exhibition of crocodiles. The breeding of crocodiles and the production of neoborn are made in the facilities of the Estación de Ciencias Marinas located in Punta Morales.