page_title: Belize Bird Rescue
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Belize Bird Rescue / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Pond with Egrets at Belize Bird Rescue
context_page_description: Belize Bird Rescue is an avian rescue and rehabilitation centre in Belize.
  It is a non-governmental and non-profit organization, and is Belize's only multi-species avian rescue and rehabilitation centre. It operates wholly within Belize under license and support from the Government of Belize Forest Department. The main focus of the organisation is the rehabilitation for release of wild-caught psittacines liberated from the illegal local pet trade. As of July 2017, Belize Bird Rescue has returned more than 450 ex-captive parrots to the wild. Additionally, the organisation rescues and rehabilitates injured and orphaned resident and migratory birds of all species, and provides sanctuary or long-term care for non-releasable birds.
  BBR works in close cooperation with the Government of Belize Forest Department and with other NGOs and non-profit organisations in Belize including the Toledo Institute for Environment and Development, Programme for Belize, Belize Bird Conservancy and the Belize Audubon Society.
  BBR's work includes the rehabilitation of parrots, songbirds, raptors and waterbirds for release.
caption: Pond with egrets at Belize Bird Rescue
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