Local animal rights activists are calling for a re-examination of the procedures regarding the export of wildlife even as traders maintain that guidelines are already stringent.
Recently a Guyanese man and a Miami-based broker were placed before the courts in the United States to answer to charges relating to the deaths of 15 monkeys that originated here. The animals were to be shipped to Thailand via the United States and China in February 2008 but died while en route at an airport in Los Angeles.
Subsequently, an official attached to the Guyana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) said that the incident was a wake-up call for the persons engaged in the trade, while noting that the incident resulted from a lack of proper procedural arrangements. He added tha
