Thaiger Posted November 18, 2022 #261430 Share Posted November 18, 2022 A Cambodian wildlife official has been charged in the United States with smuggling endangered monkeys. Eight people have now been charged with smuggling the endangered monkeys. The Guardian reports that the Cambodian official was arrested on his way to a conference on protecting endangered species. The group arrested are connected to a Hong Kong-based company involved in breeding long-tailed macaques for research and supplying them to labs in Florida and Texas. They are accused of illegally purchasing wild macaques to supplement their breeding operation. Long-tailed macaques, also known as crab-eating macaques, are protected and permits are required to import them […] The story Cambodian wildlife official charged with smuggling temple monkeys as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/19352-news-forum-cambodian-wildlife-official-charged-with-smuggling-temple-monkeys/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiuMak Posted November 19, 2022 #261499 Share Posted November 19, 2022 17 hours ago, Thaiger said: The story Cambodian wildlife official charged with smuggling temple monkeys The Monk-eys are meant to stay in the temples. Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/19352-news-forum-cambodian-wildlife-official-charged-with-smuggling-temple-monkeys/#findComment-261499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
palooka Posted November 19, 2022 #261585 Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 2:55 PM, Thaiger said: smuggling endangered monkeys. Must be something else wrong with "long tailed macaques" all other monkey species I've seen in Thailand are 'going for it' all the time and in some cases really need culling or vasectomies to control numbers. Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/19352-news-forum-cambodian-wildlife-official-charged-with-smuggling-temple-monkeys/#findComment-261585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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