The illegal shipment was intercepted when the truck entered custom services in Chirundu‚ on the Zimbabwe border
A shipment of 29 primates from Democratic Republic of Congo was intercepted in Zimbabwe on Wednesday. The illegal shipment was headed to SA.
According to a media release from DRC's minister of environment and sustainable development‚ Claude Nyamugabo Bazibuhe‚ three Congolese and a Zimbabwean national have been arrested and are expected to appear in court soon. Bazibuhe said border authorities in Mokambo on the DRC border said the truck had documents for the exportation for 32 chimpanzees. However‚ when the truck entered custom services in Chirundu‚ on the Zimbabwe border‚ it was found the consignment was not chimpanzees but 29 different species of monkeys.
Smaragda Louw, from SA’s Ban Animal Trading, said authorities in SA were investigating where the animals were destined to be delivered‚ and if they were meant for a private individual.
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