Moving Forward and Learning from our Past

For 2013, as we enter the New Year, The Belize Zoo is proud to share with our guests the SHED walkway.  This pink-graveled path now allows fun zoo visits from people who are bound to wheelchairs or walkers.  Strollers can easily be pushed along the pathways, too.   The SHED pathway has received  rave reviews.  Before Easter time, it is our goal to see that this wonderful pink-pathway winds completely  throughout our little animal kingdom.

New York, Zoo York!

As the Fall season brought changes in colors and hues to the foliage in the U.S, exciting changes happening at “the Best Little Zoo in the World” were shared with the folks of Central New York. TBZ’s Environmental Educator, Jamal Andrewin-Bohn, once again teamed up with the wonderful team at the State University of New York (SUNY) Cortland, to bring the dynamic work of The Belize Zoo to a broader audience in the “Empire State.” The goal of this visit was to “raise friends and funds for the Zoo,” at a crucial time in its 30 year history.

Our Savanna is a Wild and Wonderful Place!

The “Best Little Zoo in the World” is located in one of the most interesting ecosystems in Belize.  The tropical savanna.   Driving past the savanna, easily seen from the Western Highway, it appears vast and never-ending.  Not so!  Only about ten percent of the Belizean landscape makes up this special  type of terra-firma.  And is it ever important!

Caledonia Turns On to Jaguars!

In  late August, a sad event occurred in the Corozal District town of Caledonia.   A healthy male jaguar was shot and then skinned.  Horrifically, it was shown on the news and many people voiced harsh objection to this unfortunate and unnecessary action.

However, in September, Belize Zoo Education Officers, Jamal Andrewin and Celeshia Guy, created a different “Jumpin Jaguar” atmosphere in this placid northern village.   Warmly welcomed by principal Augusto Olivarez, they met and gave fun presentations to over 300 students.