Los Angeles Herald, Volume 25, Number 133, 10 February 1898 — Monkeys Growing Scarce [ARTICLE]

Monkeys Growing Scarce

With the gradual extinction, as evidenced by the recently Issued return of the Cape agricultural department, of the various species of big game in South Africa, it is not surprising to learn from a report just made to the colonial office that monkey skins are scarcer than formerly on the gold coast, the increasing warfare which is carried on against these unfortunate animals having resulted in a total extermination of the species in tbe less distant provinces. In 1894 no fewer than 168,405 skins were exported valued at £41,001, whereas last year the number fell to 67,660.—Westminster Gazette.