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Senior United National Party (UNP) member and former Minister Navin Dissanayake has raised fears that monkeys exported to China will end up in labs and be subjected to torture.
"As a former Minister of Wildlife i am TOTALLY against the export of Toque monkeys to China," he tweeted.
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Sri Lanka is to send over 100,000 monkeys to China to be placed in zoos, the Sri Lanka Ministry of Agriculture said.
The monkeys are being sent in response to a request made by China.
A Chinese delegation had made the request at a meeting with Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera.
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