Past three o'clock in the afternoon, Vera made his arrival rhino theme park Hacienda Napoles, in the municipality of Puerto Triunfo, their new home.
Their movement began in the Thursday morning before the expectant look of a group of more than 30 animal advocates who gathered in Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin.
The process began at six in the morning when the animal was confined in the crate that had been installed in the den for 20 days and then lifted by crane to a truck with a barge to carry the weight of eight tons, carries to Naples, a trip that takes about five hours.
Although during the procedure there were two moments of stress, when Vera tried to move and being in the crate, the initial mission was completed successfully.
The head of the Veterinary Department of the theme park, Jorge Caro, said this was due to supply pre-anxiolytic (tranquilizing drug) in the diet of the rhinoceros. However, precise, that despite the calm that was achieved strict controls need to be made during the trip.
"We will monitor every 20 minutes to look at who is in a position that is not heated and is in good health," he said.
The vet said that the Treasury, Vera will have a space of 20,000 square meters (20 times larger than it had at the zoo) where you can move freely in the midst of nature, which implies a major change in life it.
Caro, he added, once you get to Naples, Vera will be released temporarily in a management area to continue the process of adaptation and tomorrow, first thing, there will be moving to the new living space.
For his part, Councillor Alvaro Munera, one of the architects of the initiative, the departure of Vera defined as an achievement for the animal bank.
"This means seeing materialize the dreams of all animal advocates of Medellin," he said.
The corporated said that the move is part of a strategy which seeks to turn the zoo Santa Fe in an educational virtual reality where there is only minor species. Therefore, there is a possibility that in the short term, make other movements of animals of larger species.