In recent days the notification was received Martin Ramirez Saurith, from Villanueva, Guajira and who held captive a monkey maicero (Sapajus apella) for three long months.

Ecological hero, as we affectionately called him Corpoguajira officials to attend their call, He told the monkey obtained by a street youth in the municipality buys, but after the days he understood that this was not conducive habitat for the species develop.

The professionals reported that currently the capuchin monkey is out of danger in the premises of the headquarters of the Southern Territorial Corpoguajira, to expect to be able to release it completely in wilderness areas.

In order to recover and protect species of department, Periodically days of voluntary surrender of species develop in captivity, strategy has achieved increasingly aware people about the importance of ecosystems for the release of these.