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Officials sacked over monkey slaughter
By Li Qian |
November 28, 2012, Wednesday
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Four forestry officials in Zixi County, Jiangxi Province were sacked after media report exposed that rhesus monkeys, an endangered species under protection, were hunted and sold to restaurants and even ended up on the tables of an official banquet.
CCTV news revealed that one kilo of monkey meat was sold for 560 yuan (US$90) to local restaurants and a monkey head could fetch 800 yuan.
A restaurant owner surnamed Lou showed a frozen monkey, about the size of a one-year old baby, with a curled body and a face that looked as if in great pain. "It was killed two days ago and weighs more than five kilos," he said.
Lou said their wildlife dishes have attracted many customers and his restaurant purchases scores of monkeys each year.
Big demand has led to rampant poaching in the Gaofu Forests. CCTV footages showed three illegal hunters shot down seven monkeys within three hours. They strapped the dead monkeys to their legs as they walked in the woods and said they could earn 3,000 yuan.
After the CCTV report, authorities shut down eight stores and restaurants in the forest area and seized more than 100 iron traps and other poaching tools, China News Service reported today.
Two poachers were caught this morning while others are still on the run.
Wu Kaifa, director of Zixi Forestry Bureau, and three other officials, Zhou Faquan, Fang Huidong and Peng Zhihua have been removed from their posts.
The State Forestry Administration is also investigating the case.
CCTV news revealed that one kilo of monkey meat was sold for 560 yuan (US$90) to local restaurants and a monkey head could fetch 800 yuan.
A restaurant owner surnamed Lou showed a frozen monkey, about the size of a one-year old baby, with a curled body and a face that looked as if in great pain. "It was killed two days ago and weighs more than five kilos," he said.
Lou said their wildlife dishes have attracted many customers and his restaurant purchases scores of monkeys each year.
Big demand has led to rampant poaching in the Gaofu Forests. CCTV footages showed three illegal hunters shot down seven monkeys within three hours. They strapped the dead monkeys to their legs as they walked in the woods and said they could earn 3,000 yuan.
After the CCTV report, authorities shut down eight stores and restaurants in the forest area and seized more than 100 iron traps and other poaching tools, China News Service reported today.
Two poachers were caught this morning while others are still on the run.
Wu Kaifa, director of Zixi Forestry Bureau, and three other officials, Zhou Faquan, Fang Huidong and Peng Zhihua have been removed from their posts.
The State Forestry Administration is also investigating the case.
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