Nepal news story in translation

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27 August 2009

 

The monkeys are going to stay in their own country

(Literal translation of the title)

 

Around three hundred monkeys that were to be exported to the United

States of America from this week will be able to find their food in

freedom, in their own country. A letter from the Ministry of

Forestry for the immediate their immediate release will be send to

Pravesh Man Shrestha, who has been breeding monkeys for the past five years.

 

Forestry Minister Deepak Bohra said, " We have decided not to allow

the monkeys to be exported. He further added, " We will ask Pravesh

Man to release the monkeys within a week. "

 

After consulting the Department Heads of the Ministry Minster Bohara

came to conclusion that it was illegal to export the monkeys. As a

first step toward exporting monkeys Shrestha had planned to export 25

of the 300 monkeys to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research Center.

 

Shrestha was breeding the monkeys under the auspices of Nepal

Biomedical Research Center. American citizens had also financially

supported this venture. They have now landed in Kathmandu looking for

compensation. Shrestha had paid twenty five thousand rupees per

monkey as tax to the Department of National Park and Wildlife

Protection to procure 200 monkeys per the Forest animal breeding and

research program Working Guidelines, 2060.

 

 

" The law does not permit the export of any wild animals, thus, giving

approval to export the monkeys would contravene the law, " said an

Under Secretary of the Ministry. " The Ministry has come to the

conclusion that the monkeys should be released to their natural environment. "

 

Red monkey [Rhesus monkeys] are listed in the Appendix 2 of the CITES

Convention. CITES has banned the export of wildlife in this list.

 

 

Dr. Shirley McGreal, OBE, Chairwoman

International Primate Protection League

PO Box 766

Summerville, SC 29484, USA

Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988

 

E-mail - smcgreal, Web: www.ippl.org

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