A vendor selling a lemur locally known as "kukang" displays it for customers in Jakarta on April 14, 2009. "kukang" is one of Indonesia's rare and endangered species. An illegal trade in primates for laboratory tests is thriving in Indonesia despite local and international regulations designed to control such exports, a British animal welfare group said on April 14. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) said Indonesia should be suspended from the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) for allowing the "disturbing trade."
A man cycles past a lemur locally called "kukang" displayed for sale in Jakarta on April 14, 2009. "kukang" is one of Indonesia's rare and endangered species. An illegal trade in primates for laboratory tests is thriving in Indonesia despite local and international regulations designed to control such exports, a British animal welfare group said on April 14
A pedestrian walks past a lemur locally called "kukang" displayed for sale in Jakarta on April 14, 2009. "kukang" is one of Indonesia's rare and endangered species. An illegal trade in primates for laboratory tests is thriving in Indonesia despite local and international regulations designed to control such exports, a British animal welfare group said on April 14.
A vendor selling a lemur locally known as "kukang" displays it for customers in Jakarta on April 14, 2009. "kukang" is one of Indonesia's rare and endangered species. An illegal trade in primates for laboratory tests is thriving in Indonesia despite local and international regulations designed to control such exports, a British animal welfare group said on April 14. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) said Indonesia should be suspended from the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) for allowing the "disturbing trade."
