Suspects of aggression against a capuchin monkey in a SC park are identified; VIDEO

Capuchin monkey is attacked by visitor in ecological park in SC The Civil Police identified the two young people involved in the case of mistreatment of a capuchin monkey in the Maracajá Ecological Park, in the south of Santa Catarina. The suspect of attacking the animal with a slap in the face is a 23-year-old man. The person responsible for recording the images of the aggression would be a 19-year-old woman (watch above). Speaking to g1 this Wednesday (12), delegate Adriel Alves stated that both will be investigated for the crime of mistreatment of wild animals, provided for in article 32 of Law 9,605/1998, known as the Environmental Crimes Law. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp There is no confirmation of when the attack took place. In the images, the man appears approaching and offering a plant branch to the primate. He then slaps the monkey in the face, which falls from a wooden bridge where he was standing. You can hear laughter afterwards. According to the park, the first record of the case was released on July 26. On Sunday (9), a biologist published the images on social media and the case gained repercussions. The administration became aware of the episode on Monday (10), when it forwarded the images to the authorities. Capuchin monkey is slapped by a visitor inside an ecological park Capuchin monkey is attacked by a visitor in an ecological park in SC Reproduction/NSC TV Park is home to wild animals Daniéla Gonçalves, president of the Marakinho Institute, which operates in the park, highlighted that visitors must respect the space, avoiding feeding or touching the monkeys. Responsible for the rehabilitation and care of the park's animals, she says that episodes like the one recorded in the video compromise conservation work and harm interaction at the site. "They [animals] end up interpreting that the person who is going to get close is going to be an aggressor, so the conflict starts to increase", he explains. The park where the attack occurred has 112 hectares of Atlantic Forest and is an environmental conservation unit that functions as a refuge for various animals, in addition to being an important center for leisure and environmental education in the south of Santa Catarina, according to the city council, responsible for the space. MORE