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Last year August, Malaysian Government adopted a plan to export macaque monkeys for meat, scientific research purposes, and the safety of cats. Although many people, including me, yelled at the government’s doings, animal lovers were ignored and bloggers were coined ‘monkeys’ by the government.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia has dropped plans to capture macaque monkeys in urban areas and export them for food and scientific research, after discovering most of the animals are riddled with diseases, a Cabinet minister said Saturday.

Today, Malaysian Government abandoned policy to export the overcrowded macaque monkeys. According to the government, Malaysia macaque monkeys are unhealthy. Environment Minister Azmi Khalid said that diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis and HIV/AIDS virus (deserved for raping other animals) were found on 80% of the urban macaques. I guess these diseases made these monkeys have better research value, but why they can’t be exported? Oh, most of the macaques are exported for meat purposes isn’t it? I guess another reason government can’t trade the monkeys because long-tailed macaque are listed as endangered under the Convention on International Trade in Endagered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES).

After the policy of exporting macaques did not work, it is said that government might take on another policy to kill macaque monkeys.

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