Folk medicine poses global threat to primate species
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Folk medicine poses <a href="javascript:;" onClick="javascript:tagshow(event, 'global');" target="_self"><u><strong>global</strong></u></a> threat to primate speciesFolk medicine poses global threat to primate speciesAccording to a major scientific #xsurvey at least 101 primatedstt cardspecies are still used in traditional folk practices and in magic or religious rituals.For example, spider monkeys are eaten to treat rheumatism, while gorilla parts are given to pregnant women.Such practices are accelerating the declines of many already vulnerable species, say the survey's authors.Details of the survey are published in Mammal Review, the journal of the UK Mammal Society.Of 390 species studied, 101, or more than a quarter, are regularly killed for their body parts, with 47 species being used for their supposed medicinal properties, 34 for use in magical or religiousdstt cardpractices, and 20 for both purposes.These primates belong to 38 genera and 10 different families, ranging from monkeys such as langurs and macaques to apes such as gorillas, and smaller primates such as lorises."Despite laws, use and trade of the species for medicinal purposes persists," says Professor Romulo Alves of the State University of Paraiba in Brazil, who conducted the survey with colleagues.The trade in all primate species is tightly regulated by CITES legislation.Yet despite this, their body parts are being put to a range of uses.At least 30% of the primates used are administered to treat one than one ailment.Black-faced spider monkeys (Ateles chamek) and brown or tufted capuchins (Cebus apella) are each used to treat more than six ailments, for example,Buy in Global, with spider monkey body parts used in Bolivia to cure snake bites, spider bites, fever, coughs, colds, shoulder pain, sleepingdstt cardproblems#x and leishmaniasis.相关的主题文章：
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