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On Saturday, the Belize Zoo and Tropical Research Center celebrated the second annual Sharon Matola Day with the opening of a brand-new animal enclosure for Neo the river otter.
Apr 27, 2021 Celso Poot is Appointed Director of the Belize Zoo The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center has a new leader. He’s a familiar face, having spent over two decades with the organization. His academic studies and experience have prepared him for this career advancement. Today, we stopped in at the zoo for a chat with the new director about his exciting new role. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Celso Poot is the new director of the Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center. Having spent the last twenty-five years at the zoo, and for the past thirteen years he has ser...
On a shoestring and a whim, she founded the Belize Zoo, an institution that awakened national pride in the country’s ecological treasures and became a model of creative conservation.
Feb 17, 2021 Celso Poot is the Recipient of the James A. Waight Award COVID-19 has changed the way people usually gather to present awards honoring those doing outstanding work in a particular field. Well on Tuesday night, the Belize Audubon Society got around these limitations with a much anticipated virtual ceremony to present this year’s winner of the James A. Waight Award. B.A.S. says that, as always, there were many very deserving nominations, but in the end their choice was clear. The winner says he never expected to be counted among those who have been honored by the org...
Jan 19, 2021 Young Male Tapir Killed on John Smith Link Road A young tapir lost its life on Sunday night. It’s the second tapir killed in a road traffic accident on the John Smith Link Road in two months. Images from the accident show the tapir dead on the scene and an SUV with damage to the vehicle’s front portion. Today, Celso Poot, the Operations Manager of the Belize Zoo and Ph.D. candidate carrying out doctoral research into tapirs, says the death of the mountain cow is not just disturbing, but tragic for the species. Poot points out that the area has a high density of t...