In the Editor: The recent case of a young Monkey Monkey saved in Vallejo drug bust promotes urgent need to ban violent and dangerous trading (“Marth Spider Monkey saves from the suspected Meth Dealer’s housing. Now, a new life awaits,” May 17). Even if we don’t know the background of this monkey, there is an alarming increase in the reports of the child’s smugging reports in new months, driven by American needs.
Poachers killed the monkeys of the mother spider in wild wilds and then stolen their children, moved them in boxes, bagged US-Mexico border trips. Upon arrival, these criminals attempt to smuggle the animals in the United States to supply legal and useful exotic public trades. This type of wildlife trafficking will often occur within criminal networks that is also responsible For drugs, weapons and human trafficking, our national security threatened.
The newly identified Federal Breater Safety Act, co-pated by Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village (D-Westlake Village) with private ownership of non-animals and public. We must pass this law today to keep these monkeys in the wild – where they belong.
Kate Dylewsky, Washington,, DC
This writer is Assistant Affairs Director for Animal Welfare Institute.
