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Monkey farms
In September 2008, two monkey farms were discovered during this survey
of southern Laos. A monkey farm was found to be in operation and under-
going enlargement at Pakkham Village, Bolikhamxay Province along NR-13
(16.32˚N, 108.85˚E). About 2,000 long-tailed macaques were found to be kept
there, and a new cage-house may soon accommodate another 1,000 monkeys.
This facility was managed by the same Chinese company that runs another
facility at Ban None-Sengchan village, near Vientiane City. It was hard to esti-
mate the number of macaques traded because we could not access.
Another monkey farm was found to be under construction along NR-13,
36 km south of Pakse City (14.81˚N, 105.95˚E). The Vietnamese company
managing this farm has other farm(s) in Bien Hoa State, southern Vietnam.
Construction workers told us that 10,000 macaques will be housed in the farm
upon its completion within six months.
The majority of the long-tailed macaques kept at the Bolikhamxay farm
were either juveniles or young adults. No infants were observed in the farm,
suggesting that the macaques were not bred here, but rather wild-caught and
