The endless sickening exploitation of macaques

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Vietnam: Vietnamese Police Confiscate Monkeys Bound For China

Updated:2007-09-19 17:36:03 MYT

 

HANOI, VIETNAM: Authorities in northern Vietnam have confiscated 91 monkeys,

known as long-tailed macaques, smuggled from southern Vietnam and destined for

China, a police officer said Monday (17 Sept).

 

The animals, weighing more than 200 kilograms (440 pounds), were to be sold in

China where they would apparently be used to make traditional medicines and

served as delicacies in restaurants, said Cao Manh Hai, a police officer in

Quang Ninh province.

 

Sixteen of the animals were dead and the rest were very weak when police found

them on a truck heading to the Vietnam-China border area, Hai said.

 

They will later on be taken care in a local conservation center, he said.

 

Quang Ninh is 190 kilometers (120 miles) east of the capital. (AP)

 

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