By Ruth Kamnitzer “About a week ago we lost a jaguar in a car collision, just over here,” says Celso Poot, director of the ...

keep your eyes peeled for one of Belize's beautiful native cats, which include margays, ocelots, pumas and jaguarundis. Started as a rescue facility for animals that were used in a natural history ...

In 1983, on a shoestring and a whim, Ms. Matola gathered a minor menagerie of native animals and founded the Belize Zoo, an institution that helped awaken national pride in the country’s ...

Desperate, she painted “Belize Zoo” on a wooden board and ... Saddam the peccary and the rest of Ms. Matola’s menagerie of native animals. Image Ms. Matola in 2011. Though she never dreamed ...

The Belize Zoo, spanning 29 acres, is a sanctuary for over 175 native animals, including jaguars, tapirs, and howler monkeys. This unique zoo focuses on the conservation of Belize's indigenous ...