Update on the Ara Project, Costa Rica
by Fernanda Hong, Executive Director, ARA Project
The ARA Project is progressing quickly now we have successfully relocated from Alajuela to Islita - more than five hours’ drive away. The relocated 65 Scarlet Macaws and 50 Great Greens/Buffon’s Macaws are doing great in their new accommodation and with the local foods.
Our breeding centre had been at Alajuela, Costa Rica for over 30 years and it was a monumental task to move, and took over a year of preparation and construction. New environmental and construction permits had to be processed before building could start and the logistics of moving a breeding centre with so many birds had to be resolved.