Couldn't give a monkey's?

tauringhuang.

Aug 11th 2008
From Economist.com

Many primate species face extinction


NO ONE likes to hear that a close relation is having a hard time. But the most populous primate (humans) is doing no favours to the in-laws. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, an activist group, has produced a comprehensive review of the world's 634 species of monkeys, great apes and other primates. It found that 48% are in danger of extinction. Cambodia's primates are in the most peril—of ten species in the country, nine are in trouble. The IUCN blames habitat destruction, as tropical forests are cleared, the hunting of primates for food and the illegal trade in wildlife.