Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

Boise State University has chosen 'The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw' to be their campus read for this year.  Sharon Matola, creator and curator of the Belize Zoo will be visiting BSU's campus next month.  Bruce Barcott, the author, will visit the campus next year.

"It is known as 'The Best Little Zoo in the World' because of the impact it has had in bringing about awareness of the biodiversity in Belize.  As the story goes, Matola is a true eccentric, riding around on a motorcycle and keeping a three-legged jaguar as a pet.  But when a web of corporations, CEOs, banks and bureaucrats conspire to purchase, dam and destroy one of the great rivers of Central America — and one of the final habitats of the scarlet macaw — she bands together a ragtag army of local villagers and starts a campaign to save the remaining birds.  Her dramatic struggle brings alive the worldwide battle over globalization, demand for energy, environmental destruction, the fate of the planet’s species, and the realities of economic survival in a tiny Third World country."

This is a great fan video about the Belize Zoo.  

"The Best Little Zoo in the World,The Belize zoo is a great adventure.  If you can only do one thing while you are in Belize then go to the Belize zoo.  The animals in the Belize zoo are rescued or hurt not captured for display.  The Belize zoo needs our help to continue its work saving and rehabilitating animals and birds.  Please look them up on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BzeZoo?fref=ts or at their website http://www.belizezoo.org/

Make sure you check out this cool little place, if you have kids and you want an adventure for them then bring them here and let the jaguar lick their forehead..  it is really cool.  When we go back to Belize next year we will return the the Belize zoo again it's so worth while."

The Belize Zoo really impresses in this travel article.  The funny signs, which are unique to the zoo, are mentioned too.  There are some good pictures of the Tapir, the national animal of Belize.

"This zoo is friggin awesome!!  The Huffington Post knows what I'm talking about, they have it listed as number five on their top ten list of best zoos in the WORLD!  ... It's true - other than being on nice walkways and going over little wooden bridges, I felt like I was walking through the jungle the whole time I was in there."