KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Nationwide Surroundings and Planning Company (NEPA) says it will likely be working with its companions, together with the police, to determine the situation from which three monkeys escaped earlier this week and might be taking essentially the most decisive attainable authorized motion towards these chargeable for their importation.
The three white-faced capuchin monkeys sighted in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, have been reportedly dropped at the island illegally.
On Wednesday, the company mentioned all three animals are in quarantine underneath the care of the Veterinary Companies Division and the Hope Zoo.
NEPA is reminding members of the general public that it’s towards the regulation to import animals into the nation with out the mandatory approvals and permits.
Individuals in breach of the import necessities could be fined a most of J$5 million underneath the Pure Assets and Conservation Authority Act.
