Sri Lankan government has announced to sell 100,000 monkeys to China in order to get out of financial difficulties, animal protection organizations have strongly reacted to the government’s decision.
Sri Lanka, suffering from severe financial difficulties, has announced to sell 100,000 monkeys to China, the Sri Lankan minister said that the monkeys are being sold to 1,000 zoos in China.
Government officials say that the increasing monkey population is not only damaging crops, but also attacking humans, which is why the Sri Lankan government has removed many animals from the protected list. , including three species of monkeys, peacocks and wild pigs.
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