142 monkeys die on Bali

142 monkeys die on Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: The deaths of 142 monkeys in Sangeh, Alas
Kedaton and Ubud forests, were caused by Streptococcus sp.
bacteria from the remains of pigs.

The Antara news agency reported that the monkeys lived
downstream along a river where a pig slaughterhouse dumps its
industrial waste into the river.

Pigs which drank water from the river were also reported to
have suffered from the disease.

As of yesterday, 76 monkeys in Sangeh, 48 in Alas Kedaton and
18 in Ubud had died because of the bacteria and 2,169 pigs out of
the 7,145 which were known to have the bacteria, have also died.

Head of Bali's husbandry office, Wayan Masudana, said the
plague was currently "under control" after the Surabaya Zoo
provided medicine. (pwn)