PHOTOS: Jungle Wonders in the Belize Zoo

Sharon Matola arrived in Belize in 1982 to work on a nature documentary, but she then stayed in the tiny Central American country to establish the first and only zoo there. Here she feeds Navidad, one of the zoo's tapirs.

Watch Jeffrey Kofman's report tonight on "Nightline" at 11:35 p.m. EDT.

(ABC News)