We give a second chance to birds that have been victims of captivity and illegal trade.
Villanueva, Bolívar · Tropical dry forest
This place shouldn't exist.
Each year, hundreds of parrots are captured illegally in the forests of the Colombian Caribbean. Some arrive injured, others seized, others surrendered by people who can no longer care for them. At Fundación Loros we receive them, rehabilitate them, and return them to the sky — and in the meantime, we protect the forest that waits for them.
How to help
Three concrete ways to get involved
Each one translates into real work for the sanctuary: a day in the field working with fruits and seeds, a parrot released with a home, a monthly commitment that sustains the care.
Bring food
Come to the sanctuary for a session with fruit and seeds — work with the team preparing food for the parrots and macaws. One hour, no registration fee.
Donate a nest
Each nest box installed gives a released parrot a safe place to breed. A one-time donation, with your name on the tree and annual reports on what happens inside.
Become a Patron
A recurring monthly donation, starting at whatever amount you choose. Predictable cash flow lets us plan long-term without pausing care to chase one-off donations.
Many more ways
Sponsoring companies, public donor registry, one-time donation, direct bank transfer — and more.
Awareness & environmental education
The spirit of parrots: what 234 stories taught us about Colombia
The right to a second chance.
Every animal that has been a victim of captivity deserves a second chance — with real possibilities of success. Our work is to walk alongside them through that process of freedom and reintegration into their natural world.
Alejandro Rigatuso · Founder and Director of Fundación Loros
Whowe are
We are not a zoo or a final destination: we are the bridge between captivity and freedom. An interdisciplinary team — biologists, veterinarians, forest rangers, and neighbors from Villanueva — supports every return to the tropical dry forest of Bolívar, alongside the community and environmental authorities. We work toward an uncomfortable goal: that one day the Foundation is no longer needed.
What wedo
A second chance isn't a speech — it's fieldwork on five fronts. We rehabilitate and reintegrate psittacines arriving from seizures and surrenders; we restore the tropical dry forest; we research and monitor every release; we educate schools, volunteers, and companies; and we align the territory with authorities and farmer guardians. Everything points to one thing: returning birds to the sky.
Environmental oversight and compliance
Fundación Loros conducts its operations under the supervision of the Regional Autonomous Corporation of the Canal del Dique (CARDIQUE), the competent environmental authority for northern and central Bolívar.
Registered in the Wildlife Friends Network · Resolution No. 1972 of December 28, 2022 and its subsequent acts.
The logo identifies the environmental authority that exercises oversight; its use does not imply sponsorship or partnership.
NurseryForestal
A released bird needs a forest to receive it: fruit to eat and tall trees to nest in. That's why we plant. In the Nursery we propagate native species of the tropical dry forest — from seeds of the same forest — and take them to the degraded areas and water buffer zones of Cerro El Peligro. Without forest, freedom has nowhere to land.
The sanctuary in numbers
What the concrete work already breathes
2022
CARDIQUE Authorization
Resolution 1972 · Wildlife Friends Network
500 ha
Tropical dry forest under management
Villanueva, Bolívar · one of the most threatened ecosystems in Colombia
21.888
Trees of the tropical dry forest committed to planting
+33 hectares under active restoration
234
Stories from the literary contest
Colombians sharing their bond with a parrot
Goal 2026100 nests in the tropical dry forest.
Rehabilitated birds return to the forest, but without natural cavities in old trees they can't reproduce. Each artificial nest anchors a pair to the territory and opens the door to a second generation.
Each $290.000 COP (~$78 USD) covers one complete box: wood cut to the right biological dimensions, installation at a safe height, periodic monitoring, and replacement when it deteriorates. Measurable work, not symbolic charity.
Progress toward 100
33/ 100· nests installed
33%
Immersive conservation experiences
Be part of the trail back to freedom.
Walk the trail with us
There are many ways to get involved: spend a day as a volunteer, sponsor a parrot in rehabilitation, plant a native tree, or simply share what we do.
Gold Allies
They support the sanctuary in a big way.
Companies that sustain Fundación Loros operations with a significant annual commitment. Their support funds infrastructure, programs, and reintegration of tropical dry forest wildlife.
Ecosystem
Allies
Companies and institutions that work alongside Fundación Loros to give a second chance to parrots rescued from captivity and illegal trafficking, and to restore the tropical dry forest.
