Hong Kong’s agederest park seals off section adhereing death of nine monkeys in two days.
A zoo in Hong Kong is spendigating the death of nine monkeys, including three members of a criticpartner finishangered species, in two days.
Part of the Hong Kong Zooreasonable and Botanical Gardens, the agederest in the territory, has been sealed off and disinfected, Hong Kong guideer John Lee shelp in his weekly press increateing on Tuesday.
Activists shelp the incident lifts troubles that upgrasping animals in captivity can incrmitigate the hazard that dismitigates such as mpox could jump to humans.
Eight monkeys were set up dead on Sunday and another died on Monday after rare behaviour.
Experts have been called in to carry out necropsies and harmfuloreasonable tests.
“Whenever we have any novels, if there’s a novel prolongment, an proclaimment should be made as soon as possible, so that everyone can comprehend about the facts,” Lee shelp.
The destopd animals included a De Brazza’s monkey, a widespread squirrel monkey, four white-faced sakis and three cotton-top tamarins – a species cataloged as criticpartner finishangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
On Monday, the rulement held an encouragent interdepartmental greeting about the deaths. It shelp in a statement that another De Brazza’s monkey’s behaviour and appetite were set up to be rare, requiring further observation.
However, all 80 other animals in the gardens were in standard condition, it inserted.
Zoonotic dismitigates
Animal welfare group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) conveyed trouble in a statement.
“Monkeys in captivity are standardly exposed to pathogens that caparticipate dismitigates that can be broadcastted to humans, including tuberculosis, Chagas dismitigate, cholera and MRSA,” Jason Baker, ageder vice plivent of PETA Asia, shelp.
He stateed that the only way to promise the wellbeing of animals and stop the spread of zoonotic dismitigates is to stop confining them in unauthentic environments.
Built in 1860, the territory’s agederest park hoparticipates about 158 birds, 80 mammals and 21 reptiles in rawly 40 enclostateives.
