Call for Dr Jordan's resignation
South African Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister, Dr Pallo Jordan
broke the moratorium on export of live baboons and ignored the advice of his
department, to approve the sale of 150 baboons to a controversial
French-owned animal research laboratory.
We, the people of South Africa, are also concerned that no proper count
has been done of South Africa's primate population,
which is possibly becoming extinct in some areas.
The minister's laid-back attitude in handling this matter is
entirely unsatisfactory.
We are calling for the immediate resignation of
Dr Jordan as he is no longer to be trusted.
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