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Kathmandu: Nepali Congress MP Ram Hari Khatiwada has proposed to sell monkeys to China to deal with the growing agricultural destruction in the country due to monkeys. He suggested this solution during a parliamentary discussion on the necessary public issues raised by the Minister of Forest and Environment. Citing the sale of monkeys to China by Sri Lanka, MP Khatiwada said that Nepal should also adopt a similar strategy to deal with the problem of monkeys.
Monkeys have spread terror in Nepal
Nepali Congress MP said that monkeys have spread terror in the country. Monkeys are harming crops in the fields. He said that Sri Lanka sold its monkeys to China. With this he also earned money. At the same time, Sri Lanka also caused harmful animals to China. Describing the monkeys of Nepal as harmful, he questioned Matri whether the government has made any arrangements to sell the monkeys here to China or not? Khatiwada said that people living in Bandap hilly areas have been more troubled.
Three types of monkeys are found in Nepal
Please tell that three types of monkeys are found in Nepal. Rexus Macak (Makaka Multa), Assamese Bandar (Makaka Assamsis) and Hanuman Langur (Semanopithecus Antellas). Legal hurdles in monkey trade should follow the rules of the trade of threatened species as a signator of the International Trade Convention (CIITES) of wildlife and flora of flora.
It is not easy for Nepal to sell monkeys to China
Since the rhesus monkeys are listed under the CIITES, their international trade is restricted. According to the Act of regulating and controlling international trade of endangered wild organisms and flora, a person found guilty may have five to fifteen years of jail sentence or 5,00,000 to 1 million Nepali rupees or a fine of Rs. The National Parks and Wildlife Protection Act also lishes the RSS monkey as a protected species.
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