{"id":493442,"date":"2025-12-03T21:08:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/national-zoo-clarifies-that-donation-from-puerto-rico-does-not-include-poisonous-animals\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:08:43","slug":"national-zoo-clarifies-that-donation-from-puerto-rico-does-not-include-poisonous-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/national-zoo-clarifies-that-donation-from-puerto-rico-does-not-include-poisonous-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"National Zoo clarifies that donation from Puerto Rico does not include poisonous animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> The <strong>National Zoological Park (Zoodom) <\/strong>denied this Wednesday the circulation of information that claimed that the country would receive venomous snakes and other dangerous species as part of a donation from a wildlife rescue center in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\nThe institution described those versions as &#8220;<strong>malicious<\/strong>&#8221; and warned that this type of rumor affects the image of the Dominican Republic as a nation free of venomous animals of native origin.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/las-galeras-animales-sueltos\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"519706\">Las Galeras prohibits the circulation of loose animals after traffic accidents<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAccording to Zoodom, <strong>the request made to the rescue center only includes caimans, ring-necked parakeets and rhesus monkeys<\/strong>, species that will be integrated into conservation and educational exhibition programs.\n\nRegarding rhesus monkeys, the National Zoo clarified that <strong>no case of herpes transmission to humans has been recorded in Puerto Rico<\/strong>, and that the specimens seized in that territory were used for photographs with tourists, which is why they were rescued.\n\nThe institution also reported that, as part of the mandatory regulatory process, they are already managing with the General Directorate of Livestock the <strong>zoosanitary permit<\/strong> and the <strong>non-objection permit<\/strong> issued by the Ministry of Environment, essential requirements for the importation of any animal species to Dominican territory.\n\nThe Zoodom reiterated its commitment to the protection of biodiversity and to transparency in the processes of acquisition and exchange of fauna, while calling on the population not to be carried away by unverified information.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The National Zoological Park (Zoodom) denied this Wednesday the circulation of information that claimed that the country would receive venomous snakes and other dangerous species as part of a donation from a wildlife rescue center in Puerto Rico. 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