Avian Rehabilitation Centre & Bird Sanctuary

Founded in 2004, Belize Bird Rescue (NGO) operates under license and support from the Government of Belize Forest Department and is Belize’s only multi-species avian rescue and rehabilitation centre.​

Working under a Belize Forest Department mandate for the rescue, rehabilitation and release of wild-caught parrots in the illegal pet trade in Belize. Capturing and keeping wild parrots is illegal in Belize. The Belize Forest Department is responsible for enforcement but is battling cultural resistance and lack of resources. Belize Bird Rescue assists the Forest Department by providing the rehabilitation facility for confiscated birds, assistance and funding for logistics, as well as educational materials, banding equipment and handling training for enforcement officers.

More than half of the land directly supports the avian rehabilitation and the remainder is a wildlife sanctuary bordered by 100 acres of dense forest. Focus on the rescue, rehabilitation and release of wild-caught parrots in the illegal pet trade and parrot conservation program for the Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix belizensis) parrot.

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