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Vera, as called her caregivers, enjoys special health care. Its advanced age produces several ills.
The most serious is degenerative osteoarthritis detected by veterinarians at the amusement park located in the Magdalena Medio Antioquia.
She is one of three white rhinos living in Colombia. He arrived in the country because of the cash trafficking in the gray era of drug trafficking.
She was later transferred to the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellín, and in 2010, she arrived in Naples to live in an area of controlled freedom in her later years.
"You have to have it with special care because it's a senile animal, it's a geriatric animal, it's an animal that's already in adulthood and who had a degenerative osteoarticulation, "said Javier Alejandro Guerrero, veterinarian of the theme park.
From Medellín, Mauricio Ramírez came to the park so that his children could meet this endangered species.
"In her last years where she is already sick, she has the place, she has the care that she deserves, I understand that she is one of the last white rhinos in the world," she said. Mauricio.
Visitors recognize the special care given to this specimen of white rhinoceros.
Aida Delgado, a visitor to the park, said, "They are like us, like people, when we have reached a certain age, we can not fend for ourselves anymore and we need a lot of attention".
Veterinarians estimate that Vera is between 45 and 50 years old.
Vera will remain under the supervision of park staff 24 hours a day to ensure the best conditions for the last years of her life.
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