Nepali Congress MP Ram Hari Khatiwada has proposed to sell monkeys to China to face the increasing agricultural destruction in the country due to monkeys. He suggested this solution during the parliamentary debate on important public issues raised by the Minister of Forest and Environment. Referring to the sale of monkeys by Sri Lanka, MP Khatiwada said that Nepal should adopt the same strategy to deal with the problem of monkeys.
Monkeys have spread terror in Nepal
The Nepali Congress MP said that monkeys have spread terror in the country. Monkeys are damaging crops in the fields. He said that Sri Lanka sold its monkeys to China. He also received money from this. In addition, Sri Lanka also sent harmful animals to China. Describing the monkeys of Nepal, he asked the minister whether the government has made any arrangements to sell the monkeys here to China. Khatiwada said that people living in mountainous areas have had more problems due to the band.
There are three types of monkeys found in Nepal
Let me tell you that there are three types of monkeys in Nepal. Resus Makak (Makaka Mulatta), Assamese Monkey (Makaka Antiensis) and Hanuman Langur (Semnopithex Antelus). Legal barriers in monkey trade should follow the rules on the trading of terrible species as a signed on international trade convention in wild fauna and flora extinct species.
It is not easy for China to sell monkeys for Nepal
Since resuses monkeys are listed under cites, their international trade is prohibited. According to the Act to Regulate and Control International Trade in Ended Wild Fauna & Flora, the guilty person may be sentenced to five to fifteen years in prison or a fine of 5,00,000 to 1 million rupees or both. The National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act also lists the rhesus monkey as a protected species.
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