AR-News: (China) Wildlife park stirs controversy by dyeing its monkeys

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

 2004-01-22 14:09) (Xinhua) 




Brown is no longer the most common colour for monkeys in China. A safari park 
in northeast China's Liaoning Province dyed all its monkeys different 
colours, such as bright red and golden yellow, to welcome the year of monkey in the 
Chinese lunar new year, which falls on January 22. 
A staff member from the Forest Safari Park of Shenyang, capital city of 
Liaoning, said that it was no easy job to dye monkeys, for they were not 
"co-operative". 
"We had to anaesthetize them first", he said. "They seemed to be surprised at 
their new strange coats when they woke up. But after a while, they indulged 
themselves in pleasure." 
However, the practice stirred controversy from all circles. 




full story:
http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2004-01/22/content_300776.htm



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