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Monkeys in Angkor posing a risk to tourists

The number of monkeys living in Angkor resort area has increased and are becoming a risk to tourists. According to APSARA National Authority, the monkeys no longer enter the forest in search of food but instead wait for food from humans and sometimes snatch food ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243550/monkeys-in-angkor-posing-a-risk-to-tourists/

Official accused of monkey smuggling in the US on bail

Agriculture Ministry official, Masphal Kry, who was arrested in the United States for smuggling endangered monkeys, has been released on bail, the Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said. ...

Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/official-accused-of-monkey-smuggling-in-the-us-on-bail

Challenges to Cambodia monkey supply causes Charles River Laboratories International in US to fall

Shares of Charles River Laboratories International Inc. fell in morning trading Wednesday after the non-clinical contract research company warned that supplies of Cambodia-sourced monkeys will likely be challenging for some period of time. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501194422/challenges-to-cambodia-monkey-supply-causes-charles-river-laboratories-international-in-us-to-fall/

Wat Phnom monkey troop captured and conveyed to forests

Eighteen monkeys living in the neighbourhood of Srah Chak and Wat Phnom communes in the capital’s Daun Penh district were rounded up and taken to the Phnom Tamao Zoological Park and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) to protect the animals and nearby residents. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wat-phnom-monkey-troop-captured-and-conveyed-forests

Endangered monkey numbers improve

The Ministry of Environment issued a report highlighting three kinds of endangered monkeys which are present in large numbers in Cambodia, including the pig-tailed macaque, pileated gibbon and stump-tailed macaque. ...

Ry Sochan and Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/endangered-monkey-numbers-improve

Alleged poachers charged with killing endangered monkeys

Two farmers caught with dead monkeys in Mondolkiri province’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary have been charged with poaching endangered wildlife.   ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/alleged-poachers-charged-with-killing-endangered-monkeys-131318/

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