Denmark is not the only country with a zoo problem. But the Costa Rican government—world renowned for its strong conservation and biodiversity policies—is not giving up: It’s already filed an appeal, ...

A biologist and a veterinarian prepares to take blood samples from a female jaguar to examine her genetic makeup at a zoo in San Ana, near San Jose, Costa Rica. Reuters Costa Rica is a nation known ...

Three of my colleagues told me they’d never been to the Simón Bolivar Zoo — which is three blocks from The Tico Times office in San José — because they’d heard it’s too depressing to see all the ...

Costa Rica plans to close its two zoos and end the caging of animals by May of next year, eventually rehabilitating and releasing the animals into the wild. “We are getting rid of the cages and ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican officials say they plan to close both of the country’s public zoos next year so that animals can be freed from their cages. But the foundation that runs the animal ...

A friend recently posted this headline on my Facebook timeline: “Costa Rica Is Shutting Down All Zoos And Freeing Every Animal In Captivity.” Hmm, I thought. Yes, I was taking the weekend off, but I ...