Jericó is a municipality of Antioquia.  It is located 2 ½ hours from Medellin, one of older towns of Antioquia.  It was founded in 1860.  It’s named Southwest’s Atenas because it is a beautiful and development town with big culture, and religiosity.  This is an environmental and touristic town.  Jericó has more 1500 ha.  of reserve for conservation and has all weathers (cold to hot).

Forest in Jerico

The Rehabilitation Center

On 28th of May the rehabilitation center was relocated in Jericó.  Keepers of the zoo, veterinary doctor, biologist, and other professionals of the Zoo and some students of CES University help us with the move.  

Since 24th of May Simón and other workers build the temporally cages in Jericó, the 28th of May the furniture was moved to Jericó and the 30th of May we moved all animals at same time with their refrigerators and food.   The animals at this moment are in temporally cages that are as big as La Pintada cages.  All cages are in the same place a little near one of other but the animals are comfortable.   

Temporary cages in Jerico

The change of weather had bean a little hard to animals, mainly howler monkeys, but they are adapting good, until this moment they have bean a little bored but they are healthy.  Like animals, the people are adapting to new conditions too.  Simon was bored during first days in Jericó, more over there were a lot of work for do all day.  Now we are happier.

We are temporally in a Farm La Suiza, because we are doing a contract with municipality and environmental authority (Corantioquia), more over there are some business owners whom are interesting on help us, give us some land to protect it and do conservation in situ.     

In Jericó the native monkeys are very curious with new monkeys.  They come down every day to see the new monkeys in their cages, but don’t touch, don’t eat their food, only watch.