The purpose of the Breeding Ground for Wild Animals, located inside Klabin’s Ecological Park, on the Monte Alegre Farm, in Parana, is to monitor and reintroduce extinct species of wild animal, to study their behavior in captivity, and to research them in the wild.
The study of their behavior in captivity is intended to meet the basic needs of each species with regard to feeding, reproduction and social habits, thus leading to their perfect adaptation to captivity and successful reproduction.
The priorities of the Breeding Ground today are the reproduction of the tapir, maned wolf, wild cat, emu, red-billed curassow and piping-guan bird. The presence, in the Breeding Ground, of species which are commonly found in Monte Alegre Farm, such as the capybara, collared peccary, capuchin monkey and bush dog, among others is principally for the Environmental Education Program and not for reproduction.
The Breeding Ground, which has been registered by Ibama since 1990, is composed of 53 enclosures and birdcages, which house 18 species of mammal, 48 species of bird, as well as a serpentarium for poisonous and non-poisonous snakes. For wild animals that have been confiscated by the authorities, the area also provides adequate conditions to give them veterinary treatment, feed and acclimatize them in preparation for re-introduction into the wild.