see the front page of today's (Mon. Oct. 26) _Wall Street Journal_ on
threats to endangered species (including monkeys) in Indonesia.
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Brett and Kimberly wrote:
> Cambodian monkeys saved from grim dinner fate
>
> PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Authorities in the Cambodian capital saved 70
> monkeys from being smuggled to restaurants in Vietnam where diners tuck in
> to their brains while the animals are still alive, a government official
> said Thursday. "Rich people love to eat the brains of live monkeys," said
> the chief of Phnom Penh's forestry department, Bou Bunleng. "As far as I
> know they have a wooden table with a hole in it and clip the head of the
> monkey and open its skull with a saw," he said. The monkeys, a type of
> spider monkey, were found packed in cages on the back of a truck Monday.
> The smugglers escaped. See full story
> <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2556710305-f2c>
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