As a call to the community to be alert to activities of illegal wildlife trade, Authorities of the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Valle del Cauca (CVC) denounced the finding of a primate of the species ‘cebus capucinus’, better known as ‘capuchin monkey’ or ‘white-faced’, in alleged humanization conditions illegally in a home.
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It is presumed that the sale of the species was for a value of 200,000 Colombian pesosby some foreign citizens who apparently delivered the wild animal to a citizen of the El Cerrito municipality, Valle del Cauca.
After receiving a complaint that indicated the alleged presence of the primate in a house in the municipality; CVC professionals, along with the police, arrived at the scene to verify the case, where they determined to seize the animal.
This disturbing primate has been noted as one of the most intelligent and lively creatures.
The primate remained under the protection of the environmental authority, after undergoing a preliminary review in the Center for the Care and Assessment of Wild Fauna (CAVF) San Emigdio, located in the municipality of Palmira, in the south of the department.
“He entered the Center in a state of dehydration, however, he has no present diseases, but he is at a high level of humanization. Everything indicates that he was kept as a pet,” said the CVC professionals.
Veterinary doctors also determined that the species is a juvenile femaleso it was decided to keep her in quarantine.
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The animal is a species with low risk of being threatened, so in several cases it is victim of illegal trade of wildlife to be the pet of people, who are unaware of the importance of not humanizing this type of primate species.
The white-faced capuchin is characterized by having a outstanding reproductive potentialflexibility in choosing their habitat and a greater ability to recover, compared to other larger monkey populations.
“The animal will remain in the CAVF to continue its readaptation process and the reaction it presents to the treatments that are going to be implemented will be evaluated,” the environmental officials indicated.
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The CVC authorities are reiterative in propagating campaigns to make the community aware of the wild animal adoptionwhich can impossibly be a pet inside a home.
“Each species fulfills an important ecological function that contributes to the stability of ecosystems and that is why it is important to protect them”
On average, a capuchin monkey’s diet includes fruits, seeds, insects, crustaceans, reptiles, bird eggs, and small mammals, including bats. Their gestation period lasts almost five months and they usually have one child per birth, and if it survives, its reproduction can be repeated in two years.
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The trafficking of wildlife for commercial purposes, for the adoption of the species or the human consumption of the meat, is a crime characterized as animal abuse.
Abuse is sanctioned by Law 1333 of 2009so that, if a legal action is taken against a person for the possession of a wildlife animal and the crime of illegal exploitation is declared, the order indicates that the accused can go to prison between 4 and 9 years.
For report any conduct that affects the environment, the CVC invites the community of Valle del Cauca to communicate through the hotline #550, in addition to downloading the mobile application that the corporation has enabled in the App Store or Google Play.
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