Sloth in Costa Rica
13 Things you can do to protect wildlife
Make your home wildlife safe	decals on windows to make birds aware of the glass keep bird feeders and waterers clean use garbage cans with wildlife safe lids (secure lids to keep wildlife out of garbage)
Plant native plants to provide food and shelter to local wildlife	Monarch butterflies require milkweed plants to live
Dispose of medicines carefully!	Most pharmacy have disposal systems for old medicines Medicine flushed or poured down the drain are difficult, if not impossible, to filter out of water
Reduce (or eliminate) use of pesticides/herbicides
Learn about local endangered/ threatened species	go to US Fish and Wildlife and look up the species in your area!
Don’t purchase products made from threatened or endangered animals
Purchase recycled and sustainably produced products
Participate in local protection and conservation projects	Find a local group (like StreamKeepers) to volunteer with for projects that work to protect local wildlife habitat, like stream-side replantings
Minimize your impact when you are in wildlife habitat	… picnicking? Make sure you pack out ALL of your garbage! … going to the beach? Stay off the shore-line plants! Those plants help to hold the sand in place and help to keep the shore-lie form eroding.
Visit a refuge, preserve, national / state park, nature center, or other open spaces OR ...	These spaces help to protect wildlife by protecting the habitat they need and can really use volunteers
… volunteer at a place that protects wildlife habitat or with a wildlife rehabilitator!
VOTE! Your vote counts.	Stay aware of legislation at the local AND national level that impacts wildlife / wildlife habitat
…and simply, slow down and keep an eye out for wildlife when you’re driving
Coatimundi in Costa Rica