Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Association (ARCAS)

Cause Area

  • Animals
  • Education & Literacy
  • Environment

Location

Km. 30 Calle Hillary Lote 6 Casa Villa ConchitaSan Lucas Sacatepequez, 00000Guatemala Guatemala
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Mission Statement

ARCAS is a Guatemalan nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, legally registered with the Guatemalan government and the IUCN, committed to preserving wildlife and its habitat. It was formed in 1989 by a group of Guatemalan citizens who became concerned as they saw their precious natural heritage, especially their wildlife, rapidly disappearing before their eyes. ARCAS was originally created for a very specific purpose: to build a rescue center to care for and rehabilitate wild animals that were being confiscated on the black market by the Guatemalan government.

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Since the establishment of the rescue center, ARCAS has branched out into other very necessary activities including environmental education, information-dissemination, ecotourism development, marine turtle conservation, reforestation and habitat preservation. ARCAS carries out projects in three basic areas of Guatemala: the Guatemala City area; the Hawaii area of the southern Pacific coast; and the remote, northern department of Peten.

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