Niños y Crías is a non-profit organization started by ordinary citizens of the Yucatan in 1999. Niños y Crías can be translated into English as "Kids and Critters", and that is what we are all about.

First and foremost, we are about saving the planet, and specifically we work with animals. Many species are struggling to avoid extinction as the world changes rapidly around them.

We believe that the key to saving our animals and the planet they live on is the other part of our name, the children. If the children do not know nature and have a positive experience of nature, they will grow up to be adults who don't take care of their natural world.

So Niños y Crías was founded to promote and create educational experiences for the children that will sensitize them to the needs of the natural world and inspire them to become caretakers.