Malaysia lifts ban on export of long tailed macaques
Malaysia has lifted a ban on the export of long-tailed macaques in a bid to thin its monkey population, which has become a menace in its cities.
"The cabinet has decided to lift the ban which was imposed in 1984 on the capture and export of this type of monkey,' said environment minister Azmi Khalid talking to the state news agency Bernama. Malaysia is negotiating to export the animals to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, where they could end up as food or as pets. Azmi said efforts to curb their numbers through sterilisation had failed.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora enlists long-tailed macaques as