La Malaisie reprend l'exportation de singes

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La Malaisie a dit OK à la reprise de l'exportation de singes (interdite depuis 23 ans) pour la viande et la recherche.

Le Ministre de l'environnement justifie la décision par le fait qu'il y aurait 258 000 macaques vivant dans les zones urbaines et qu'ils sont une véritable nuisance. Il comprend bien que ça puisse émouvoir , mais il faut être pragmatique et ne pas se laisser aller à l'émotion dit ce brave homme (je suis sûre qu'il n'aura pas trop de mal à le faire !).


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Possible open season on monkeys?

New Straits Times - 17/08/07 (plus en ligne)

KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of wild monkeys could soon be trapped and shipped off to countries like China and Taiwan, ending a 23-year old ban on the trade in primates.

The New Straits Times has learnt that the trade ban ­ put in place by the government due to dwindling numbers and global concern about animal
cruelty ­ was lifted recently.

The move is largely expected to affect macaques which were heavily traded in the years before the ban.

A news report in March spoke about government plans to export the species for the exotic food market or as pets.

At the time, Natural Resources and Environment Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Sazmi Miah was quoted as saying that the macaque population had grown to such an extent that it had become a nuisance and had caused many problems.

He said it was better to export the primate rather than cull it.

He had also said that the ministry was in negotiations with Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Hong Kong on the export of macaques.

A trade quota or limit would have to be set before export licences can be issued.

Sources have described the quota as "considerable".

Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid is scheduled to explain the ministry's decision at a press conference today.

In the 1970s, an average of 10,000 macaques were exported each year, said the Wildlife and National Parks Department manual on human-macaque conflict.

The manual says they were exported to the US for biomedical research and to other countries as food or pets.

The trade is believed to have decimated the macaque population, prompting the cabinet to order a study on the primate trade and its impact on population levels.

This eventually led to the ban. This move was the last in a series of steps the government took to halt trade in all types of monkeys from the country.

The macaque is a protected species under Malaysian law and is listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

This means it can be traded but within strict limits, determined by a scientific study. A CITES permit is also required.

Malaysia banned trade in macaques and other primates at a time when awareness was growing around the world about animal welfare issues.

Other countries like India banned primate trade in 1974 while Bolivia did it in the same year as Malaysia.

In recent years, macaques displaced by an expanding urban area have come into conflict with humans.

Complaints of disturbance and attacks by macaques are among the most frequent the department receives.

Wildlife experts have long discouraged taking macaques as pets, saying they could turn aggressive upon reaching sexual maturity, triggering attacks on their owners.

This could lead to them being abandoned or put down.

Environmentalists have also warned that macaque problems would continue to persist as long as the issue of displacement was not addressed.

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Malaysia says OK to export macaque monkeys for meat, research 17/08/07
www.iht.com:80/articles/ap/2007/08/17/asia/AS-GEN-Malaysia-Exporting-Monkeys.php

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Secretary General Dato' Suboh bin Mohd Yassin
Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment
Aras 17, Blok Menara 4G3,
Presint 4 Pusat : Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan
62574 Putrajaya
Malaysia.
2lst August 2007


Dear Secretary General

I understand from press reports that Malaysia is
about to lift its export ban on monkeys and that
Sahabat Alam Malaysia is opposing the ban as well
as Wildlife Solutions, another Malaysian group to
which the wildlife chief who installed the ban in 1984, is an adviser.

I strongly support the efforts by Malaysian
groups to fight the plan to allow export of
monkeys for meat and/or scientific experiments.

These macaques form part of the unique wildlife
heritage of Malaysia. There are ways to reconcile
the conflict between them and the expanding human
population and I urge you to try to work with
these local groups in finding more humane ways to
address this problem. I would welcome your
assurance that you will take steps to reinstate this ban.

Yours faithfully,

Jane Goodall PhD, DBE
Founder - the Jane Goodall Institute
& UN Messenger of Peace

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NGOs against lifting of monkey trade ban - 26/08/07
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/20070826080816/Article/index_html

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Monkey business - 11/09/07
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/9/11/lifefocus/20070911081410&sec=lifefocus

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Maintenant que l'interdiction de faire du commerce avec ces singes et de les exporter a été levée, je doute que le gouvernement fasse marche arrière !
C'est tout simplement horrible !