Use more humane ways instead of culling

IT is a cruel irony that on May 23, just one day after International Day for Biological Diversity, which was marked with a positive-sounding statement from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan), officers from the department shot and killed seven dusky langurs in Port Dickson.

It is surprising that trained wildlife officers who were called to assist with the problem of aggressive long-tailed macaques in the area were unable to tell the difference between the shy and retiring dusky langurs, which are classified as “protected wildlife” under the First Schedule of the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 and “endangered” under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and the admittedly bolder macaques.