Perhilitan culled over 14,000 monkeys, 1,000 wild boars last year, says Perak govt


IPOH: The Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) culled over 14,000 monkeys and over 1,000 wild boars last year to reduce disturbance by these animals at plantations.

State Health and Environment Committee chairman Mohd Akmal Kamarudin said for this year until March 7, a total of 2,256 monkeys and 267 wild boars were culled.

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