PETALING JAYA: As the whole world battles the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of face masks has become a daily necessity but experts are increasingly concerned that the indiscriminate disposal of surgical face masks is harming wildlife.
Macaques in Kuala Lumpur, according to newswire AFP, had been spotted chewing on the straps of these masks, thinking they were food.
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