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The survival rate of the macaws born in the Riviera Maya park is 80 percent and in only three years, this ambitious program has been instrumental in increasing Mexico\u2019s critically endangered wild macaw population by 80 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, for the second year running, Xcaret received Silver Travvy awards in the categories Best Water Park and World\u2019s Best Theme Park at a travel industry event in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Travvy awards are presented by TravAlliancemedia and are based upon a poll of travel agents in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xcaret\u2019s scarlet macaw breeding and conservation program is the subject of a documentary called \u201cVolando a Casa\u201d (Flying Home: The Return of the Scarlet Macaw) that is participating in the Boston College 2017 Corporate Citizenship Film Festival in the United States and is up for an award. 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