Kids Saving the Rainforest

  Yeimy Gamboa P. – Director and Biologist, KSTR Dear Readers: At Kids Saving the Rainforest (KSTR), we are pleased to share with you a summary of our activities and achievements during this year 2024. It has been a year full of effort, commitment and significant achievements in our mission

On October 1st, we received an urgent call from SINAC, informing us that the fire department had discovered a caiman exhibiting neurological symptoms, stranded near a river ravine. A trained team promptly immobilized and transported the animal, as only qualified professionals authorized by the government should handle these creatures, ensuring

A Young Howler Monkey’s Journey After Losing Her Mother on Powerlines On June 6th, at 6 a.m., we received an urgent call from Hotel Costa Verde about a howler monkey being electrocuted. Our team immediately rushed to the site. Upon arrival, they discovered an adult female howler monkey who had

In a recent event where the firefighters of the area took a boa out of a home to relocate it in the Manuel Antonio National Park. SINAC officials in Manuel Antonio, noticed that something was not right and worried about the physical condition of the animal, quickly coordinated the transfer

Parasitic infections have emerged as a significant contributing factor to the alarming decline in wildlife populations, particularly in light of the escalating frequency of interactions between animals and humans. Human practices, such as deforestation for agriculture, expansion of tourism infrastructure, landscape changes, and urbanisation, have led to the fragmentation of

Greetings from Kids Saving the Rainforest! As passionate advocates for wildlife conservation, we are reaching out to you to share the remarkable progress and achievements that Kids Saving the Rainforest (KSTR) accomplished in the year 2023, thanks to the invaluable support of various local companies. Moreover, through this report, we

Cristina Echeverría. Clinic Intern When I was told that I had graduated from veterinary school, I was very happy but at the same time very nervous about what would come next. I had always wanted to work with wild animals but had never had the courage to do so until

By Camille Luccisano I’ve always wanted to help animals. So when I found out I was going to work as a veterinary technician in the wildlife clinic of an NGO in Costa Rica (of all places!), I was over the moon. I packed my (heavy) suitcase and left Paris behind,

Hi guys! My name is Coralie, but everybody calls me Coco, I am 20 years old, and I am from Montreal, in Canada. I am about to finish my last year of study to become a veterinary technician in Quebec and I volunteered as an intern at KSTR for a

KSTR is a 20 year old wildlife conservation project based near Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Our organization provides wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release to all species of wildlife native to Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast including squirrel monkeys, howler monkeys, capuchins, sea turtles, dolphins, shorebirds, reptiles, and more. KSTR’s 52 acre

Kids Saving The Rainforest, is the only registered wildlife rescue center and Sanctuary in the area of Manuel Antonio. Therefore it has the very important mission of saving all the wild animals in need in the area. We help all kinds of wildlife—from sloths, monkeys and anteaters to macaws and

It’s Dani, your KSTR spokeskid! I just got done spending several weeks in Manuel Antonio volunteering at KSTR, and I have a TON of exciting updates to share! First, a huge thanks to everyone who came to Monkey Jam. We had 250+ attendees (the biggest party), lots of fantastic, home-cooked

Hi Quepolandia Readers! It’s Dani, your spokeskid for KSTR, back again for another article! I’m back in Manuel Antonio for the summer, and I am volunteering at Kids Saving the Rainforest. Today I am going to tell you about our Nursery and Rehab Center. In the Nursery, we have several