Green officials’ vehicle at protected species eatery
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ENVIRONMENTAL protection officials have come under suspicion of dining at a restaurant that serves up endangered species in southwest China’s Yunnan Province.
A China Fisheries Law Enforcement vehicle was one of two government vehicles recently seen parked outside a restaurant in Jiangcheng County which features macaque, muntjac deer, porcupine and jackal on the menu.
Under Chinese law, hunting and trading in these protected species is banned.
On the border of Vietnam and Laos, Jiangcheng County jointly hosts a cross-border free trade fair with Vietnam. This has around 20 restaurants and on market days these are crowded with customers who travel long distances to dine on wild animals, reported thepaper.cn.
The other official vehicle spotted recently was from the Civil Administration Disaster Relief department, it reported.
In one restaurant, a reporter saw four or five young macaques in a cage.
“Do you want one? I can kill one for you right away,” the restaurant manager said.
On a chopping board the reporter saw a whole barbecued macaque and body parts of others. Their heads were missing, as the restaurant boss explained these were very popular with diners.
“Monkey head can cure headaches so is very popular. Usually demand exceeds supply,” the boss said.
A monkey’s head was priced at 300 yuan (US$ 49), 1 kilogram of money meat was 90 yuan and 1 kilogram of muntjac sold for 110 yuan.
Locals said most of the animals are smuggled from Vietnam.
Anyone who kills or trades in endangered wildlife can be jailed for up to five years. But diners face no legal action.
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