Costa Rican National Emergency Commission (CNE) workers rescued a toucan that was on the Costanera Sur highway.

Ponderosa Adventure Park, previously known as África Mía under a different owner, celebrated the birth of its first giraffe in 2009. 

I’ve had the great privilege of working at the Toucan Rescue Ranch Release Site in Costa Rica to re-wild an orphaned female juvenile Tamandua mexicana.

Bon Jovi was one of the luckier victims of the illegal pet trade.

Costa Rica became the first in the world to launch a national campaign against "cruel or inappropriate selfies with wild animals."

There are thousands of cute sloth photos floating around the internet, and we all love to ooh and aah over every one of them.

Local residents told Firefighters officers that they have seen a group of youngsters shooting BB guns “at everything in the San José de Atenas neighborhood.”

The new law introduces prison sentences ranging from three months to one year for those found guilty of killing a domestic or a domesticated animal, and a series of monetary fines for animal cruelty.

A traditional Good Friday celebration resulted in the death of a crocodile in a Guanacaste town.

Following Kivú's death, many people turned to FUNDAZOO’s facebook profile blaming the organization for keeping the lion in his metal cage during most of his life.