Proposal to export 100,000 crop-raiding macaques sparks outcry in Sri Lanka

Mongabay
Apr 28, 2023, 5:52 pm142 pts
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s animal-human conflicts are on the rise with increasing crop raids, but a recent request from a Chinese company requesting 100,00 toque macaques from Sri Lanka has fueled a fresh debate on wildlife exploitation. Crop damage by wild animals has posed a serious problem to many people,…

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