Conservation Conversation: Saving the Central American River Turtle

Location: Meeting Barn (view map)
Included with general admission

Join us for a presentation with our conservation partners to hear about their work with one of the world’s most endangered turtle species: the Central American river turtle, known as the hicatee.

Representatives from the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE) will discuss the latest efforts (and successes!) of their turtle breeding program at their field station in southern Belize. BFREE's Hicatee Research and Conservation Center is the world’s only ex-situ captive breeding facility for this species, and it has fostered a now rapidly growing population. 

Since 2019, Zoo New England has partnered with BFREE, traveling on field missions to support researchers in their efforts to increase the population of this endangered species.