Toucan Rescue Ranch

The Toucan Rescue Ranch is a rainforest wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release organization. It focuses on the care, rehabilitation and the study of Costa Rican toucans and other wildlife. It receives and cares for confiscated, sick and injured toucans and other wildlife from government agencies. It gives them a loving home with the goal of providing appropriate medical treatment, rehabilitation and then, when possible, returning them to their wild and natural environment. The Toucan Rescue Ranch is a licensed Costa Rican wildlife rescue facility. The goals of the Toucan Rescue Ranch are: • To establish a captive breeding program for all 6 species of Costa Rican toucans. • To accept, evaluate and treat rescued and decommissioned toucans, sloths, owls and other birds and animals in need. • To rehabilitate and release when possible any injured bird or animal back to its’ natural environment. • Provide educational programs, research sites and facilities as well as volunteer opportunities for local, national and international community members Possible tasks for the volunteer: • Chopping fruits and vegetables for the days feedings • Feeding birds that have feeding doors • Cleaning cages • Making toys to hang in the enclosures • Helping with the yard work • Computer work like entering contact information from our signup sheets Optional tasks: • Feeding the sloths. This requires entering the enclosures with the sloths. • Cleaning bird enclosures: This requires entering the enclosures with the birds. • Tours: They are working on compiling tour information that the volunteer can learn. They are getting signs with species information to put outside each enclosure.