FW: primfocus-digest V1 #2938

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Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:14:03 -0400

Shirley McGreal <smcgreal

primfocus: Eating monkeys in China

 

From China Daily

Illegal monkey flesh on sale in Haikou

CRIENGLISH.com

2006-12-13

 

A man narrowly escaped arrest after illegally selling monkey flesh for 600

yuan per kilogram early on Tuesday morning in Haikou, capital of south

China's Hainan province.

 

The man beat a gong to advertise his wares, but fled before the public

security bureau could apprehend him.

 

Nanguo Metropolitan Newspaper reports the vendor claimed his monkey flesh

was fresh from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The meat sold quickly and one client purchased the brain for 300 yuan. By

the time the man had to flee, only one leg was left.

 

The paper said some residents who wanted to buy the flesh were deterred by

the high price of 600 yuan, or 76 US dollars, per kilogram. Others

disapproved of the practice, saying it's cruel to kill a monkey and sell it

as food.

 

An official from the Haikou Forestry Public Security Bureau said killing

monkeys and selling their meat breaks the laws protecting wild animals. The

illegal profits should be seized by the industry and commerce authorities,

or a department for wildlife administration.

 

If apprehended, the vendor will also be fined six to ten times the total sum

of money he made from his sales.

 

[Photo: hinews.cn] A vendor beats a gong to advertise the monkey flesh he

has for sale. The meat hangs from a makeshift stand made out of bamboo on

Tuesday, December 12, 2006.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/13/xin_591203131423188965828.jpg

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/13/content_757999.htm

 

 

 

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