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Macaques are popular 'with medical testing facilities in the USA and Europe. The potential income from such a trade would be far greater than that from the sale of this species to zoos. Is this where these macaques are headed?' COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka is considering a proposal by a Chinese private company to export 100,000 endemic monkeys to China, a government minister said on Tuesday, April 18, sparking protests from animal protection groups. The island’s agriculture minister has appointed a committee to evaluate the proposal to export 100,000 toque macaques, found only in Sri Lanka, to be...
