Wildlife Rescue of the Month
It’s not quite often you see boa constrictors over 5ft on the peninsula, but one lucky resident got startled with a 6-7ft boa lying across their driveway. Although we were called to relocate the boa, after some education with the neighborhood residents were fine just getting the boa to the nearest tree, and out of harm’s way.
Project Description
After years of responding to injured wildlife in southern Belize, which included manatee, pelican, iguana, raccoon, and snake rescues, the CRC quickly recognized their role as a wildlife rescue responder in the area. With increasing responsibility to respond to wildlife calls from community members and various partners throughout the country, the CRC soon realized it was imperative to set up a mini-triage center with the appropriate equipment in order to tend to small and severe injuries, stabilizing animals and increasing their chance of survival during transport and arrival to the appropriate veterinary facility or rehabilitation center elsewhere in Belize. Given our close partnership with the Placencia Humane Society (PHS), the CRC and PHS solidified the partnership via the CRC Wildlife Triage Center, located at the PHS clinic. Thanks to an initial donation and support by veterinarian Dr. Gary Martin from Houston, Texas and various other vet supporters from the United States, the CRC is now fully stocked with basic wildlife first aid in addition to training to assist in wildlife triage. A small step, yet big leap, to the future CRC Research, Rehabilitation, and Education Facility planned for the area of the Placencia Lagoon.
Interested in providing supplies for the CRC’s Wildlife Triage Center? Here is a list of supplies that CRC and PHS could use for injured animals (wild and domestic) that come under our care:
- gauze
- abdominal pads
- bandages
- various size dog/cat kennels for transportation of injured wildlife
- financial donation to build temporary holding pens for injured wildlife
- financial donation to assist in gas/transport from Placencia to rehabilitation/veterinary facilities
- leather gloves (for handling wildlife)
- compound microscope
- dissecting microscope
- heating pads
- security cameras for wildlife/croc enclosures
Would you like to learn more about the veterinary or rehabilitation process of animals that come under our triage care? Please check out our partner’s pages to find out more about their veterinary and/or rehabilitation facility, and by all means- don’t be shy to support our colleagues!
- Placencia Humane Society: http://placenciahumanesociety.org/
- Belize Wildlife & Referral Clinic: http://www.belizewildlifeclinic.org/
- The Belize Zoo: https://www.belizezoo.org/
- Belize Bird Rescue: http://www.belizebirdrescue.com/
- Belize Raptor Center: https://www.belizeraptorcenter.com/
- Wildtracks: http://www.wildtracksusa.org/
