Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s government said it was scrapping plans to export around 100,000 endangered monkeys to China (Ishara S. KODIKARA)
Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s government on Monday said it was scrapping plans to export around 100,000 endangered monkeys to China following an outcry and a court case by animal lovers.
The toque macaque is endemic to Sri Lanka and common on the island of 22 million people but is classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list.
Agriculture minister Mahinda Amaraweera said in June that China wanted the monkeys for 1,000 zoos across the country,…
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