Suspected monkey traders questioned<\/p>\n
BANDAR LAMPUNG: Two suspected monkey traders, identified by
\nthe initials of HER and AMN, were questioned by a team from NGO
\nNatural Conservation Agency here on Thursday.<\/p>\n
They were questioned following an investigation conducted by
\nthe Lampung Alas Foundation and the Wild Animal Conservation
\nBody, which concluded that the illegal trading of monkeys was
\nrampant in Bandar Lampung.<\/p>\n
Worse yet, some restaurants in the city sold monkey meat to
\ntheir customers.<\/p>\n
When questioned, HER, a resident of Jl. K.H. Ahmad Dahlan in
\nBandar Lampung, admitted that he got a license for the monkey
\ntrade from the Lampung Forestry Agency. But he said that the
\nbusiness, which he ran with his father Baba Lie, was only
\nconcerned with the domestication of the monkeys in PT Prestasi
\nFauna.<\/p>\n
\"We also export them through PT Wanara Satwaloka. So we don't
\nsell them to restaurants,\" HER said.<\/p>\n
He added that they usually bought the monkeys from hunters at
\nthe price of Rp 10,000 (US$1) per monkey and then sold them for
\nRp 20,000. \"I'm not hunting them or killing them,\" he said.<\/p>\n
But AMN, a resident of Jl. Yos Sudarso in Bandar Lampung,
\nadmitted that during the last two years he had killed up to 60
\nmonkeys. \"We bought them from hunters in Menggala, Tulangbawang
\nregency. We only slaughtered them when someone wanted to buy
\nthem,\" he said.<\/p>\n
AMN, who also traded in wild pigs, said that he himself also
\nconsumed monkey meat.<\/p>\n
The two conservation agencies said that they were considering
\ntaking legal actions against the two suspects. --JP<\/p>",
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