Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Association

Our Mission

ARCAS Vision

To improve the chances of survival and conservation of endangered species and their habitat, as well as assist in the rational management of natural resources.

ARCAS Mission

1. Rescue, rehabilitation and release of wildlife 2. Environmental education 3. Research 4. Co-administration of protected areas 5. Sustainable community development and ecotourism

ARCAS 's objectives are:

To strive for the conservation, preservation, protection and research of wildlife.

To rescue, rehabilitate and reintroduce into their natural habitat wild animals seized from illegal traffickers.

To promote and assist in the creation and management of protected habitat areas for wild animals

To support tropical wildlife veterinary medicine and research.

To reproduce endangered wildlife.

To raise awareness among Guatemalans and visiting tourists about the need to conserve natural resources through a program of education and information dissemination.

To develop and promote economic alternatives in rural communities to the unsustainable consumption of natural resources.