A nurse of the Simon Bolivar Zoo's veterinary surgery, gives a medicine to a squirrel, in San Jose on August 28, 2014. Thousands of parrots, macaws, toucanes, monkeys, goldfinches, turtles and iguanas are catched in Costa Rica each year to be kept as pets, putting the species at risk. Fourty NGOs, public entities and professionals are holding the first Congress of Rescue, Recuperation and Release of Wild Fauna in the capital of this Central American country. (Photo by Ezequiel Becerra/AFP Photo)
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