The monkey that had been living on a farm in Mácher all its life was placed in the care of the authorities and transferred to a primate recovery center in the Netherlands last August, as confirmed to La Voz by Soivre, which depends on the Secretary of State for Commerce.
The animal, which had been living on this farm for years, had several open files by the Seprona of the Civil Guard, which since 2000 has carried out a procedure regarding this matter. Specifically, in March of that year, it drew up a record of seizure of species affected by the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES), for an alleged violation of the Smuggling Law.
As explained by the Civil Guard, the animal lacked documentation, a permit to import to Spain and export from the country of origin, which was Belgium, where it was acquired by its owner. Then, the animal was deposited at the home of the person responsible for it and at the disposal of the administrator of the Customs of the province of Las Palmas, pending its transfer.
Seprona learned of this monkey again when it escaped in September 2013 and was found a day later in an abandoned construction site in Mácher. That is why the issue was reactivated and, after returning the animal to the owner's home, it was again made available to the customs administrator.
Subsequently, the Soivre was contacted, the agency to which the file was transferred, according to the Ministry of Finance, and the monkey was finally transferred to a primate recovery center in the Netherlands, more than 14 years after the procedure began.
