Profepa Warns About Primate Traffic with Campaign: Monkeys Are Not Pets
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La Profepa warned that by separating primates from their mothers, they are killed with firearms or die when falling from the trees Gloria López/OEM-Informex For every Mexican monkey that is sold as a pet, at least three others die during their capture and transfer, according to the Federal Office of Environmental Protection (Profepa). Through the campaign “Monkeys are not pets” to combat the illegal trafficking of these species, she reported tha…
On August 25, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Environment (Profepa) launched the campaign “Monkeys are not pets”, which seeks to reduce the demand for Mexican primates and warn about the consequences of the illegal trafficking of these species. In Mexico there are three primates: the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), the black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) and the mantle howler monkey (Alouatta palliata). All three are considered e…
Profepa warned that by separating primates from their mothers, they are killed with firearms or die falling from trees
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