AR-News: (Philippines) Monkeys in DSB victims of kidnapping, too

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By Erwin Ambo S. Delilan

THE rampant "kidnapping" of monkeys does not only happen in Calatrava town, 
but also in the municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto. 

In Don Salvador Benedicto, sources disclosed that monkeys in the forestlands 
of Barangays Bunga and Bagong Silang were also victims of kidnapping by 
suspects who reportedly use special nets and vans to take the monkeys away from 
their habitat. 

Sources added that the culprits would always disguise themselves as bird 
hunters. The monkeys are being sold in Bacolod City for P1,000 to P1,500 per head. 

Jennylind Cordero, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Tourism and Promotion 
Development Office said the monkeys at the Macasilao Sanctuary in Calatrava 
have become victims of kidnapping since December last year. 





full story:
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2004/02/16/news/monkeys.in.dsb.victims.of
.kidnapping.too.html 

"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
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