AR-News: (Indonesia) Monkey poaching out of control in Central Sulawesi

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National News April 03, 2004






Irvan NR, The Jakarta Post, Palu, Central Sulawesi
The sale of monkeys in Central Sulawesi province remains widespread, despite 
a ban by the government. The monkeys are usually displayed and sold along main 
roads in Central Sulawesi, including the trans-Sulawesi highway that runs 
through Poso regency and a highway along the West Coast of Donggala regency.
The monkeys are usually caught by local residents who say they are pests. 
Rustam, 41, a resident in Balaesang district, Donggala regency complained 
recently that the monkeys had cost him a lot, as they often ate the fruit on his 
plantation, including cacao and some vegetables. 

full story:

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20040403.D08&irec=7 
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