Fund Placencia Nature Center, Unite communities

            Thanks to donations to help build and maintain our facility, the Placencia Lagoon Nature Center, we were able to transport a 8ft Morelet’s crocodile from a location and small enclosure to one of our larger enclosures. Aemon cannot be released back into the wild given people were feeding him in the wild, and when he lost his fear due to habituation, they chopped at his head with a machete, completely blinding him in one eye, and the other eye is damaged. Aemon now has a large enclosure in which he can swim around more and be more active. As GlobalGiving Day gets closer, our plan is for those in our area who may not be able to financially donate to us, if they can donate a plant or seed so we may start getting Aemon’s a enclosure a bit more natural looking. By doing this, we can also attract other wildlife and increase habitat for the local birds in our area.

Thank you to all who have donated towards our project through GlobalGiving. We hope we continue to raise more funds so we can break ground of our planned science museum, and the first location to house fossils and other paleontological wildlife finds here in Belize. Paleontology is in its infancy here in Belize, and many young students are unaware of this field of science. We hope through our science museum we can inspire Belizean-born paleontologists for future generations!

 We are very grateful to all of those that have donated and are willing to help us create a place of education, tolerance, and empathy towards crocodiles and all wildlife along with exciting the next generation about science and conservation! Furthermore, this project will help us revive lost generational tolerance and culture that was tied to crocodiles and their environment. Thank you all so much for sinking your teeth into conservation with the CRC and Belize!

Dr. Marisa Tellez and the CRC team