When I was a kid I went to my neighbors house and his dad was cooking on the pit. I asked him "Whats on the smoker?" He said "Monkey". I was like "sure what ever". He raised that lid and it was a Monkey on that pit roasting on a spit. For 20 years I thought I had ate BBQ'd Monkey that day but one day he told me it was a dang old Coon. That thing looked just like a Monkey on that pit.
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Originally posted by BlackHogDown View Post"At least initially, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department agreed, saying there was nothing in state or federal law forbidding the shooting of feral macaques, because they were classified as an "exotic unprotected species" – as in, you can make a game of shooting them any time you want. It wasn't true – as research animals belonging to the observatory, they were protected in the same way privately owned cattle are protected, even if they escape their ranches."
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2005-08-05/283057/
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Originally posted by donpablo View PostCurrently any exotic animal that escapes from its owner cannot be shot if it is conspicuously tagged. This law is much more recent than 1995. I'm pretty sure those monkeys aren't tagged.
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Originally posted by BlackHogDown View PostTPWD did a few years ago. Not sure if its changed since the last thread.
"At least initially, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department agreed, saying there was nothing in state or federal law forbidding the shooting of feral macaques, because they were classified as an "exotic unprotected species" – as in, you can make a game of shooting them any time you want. It wasn't true – as research animals belonging to the observatory, they were protected in the same way privately owned cattle are protected, even if they escape their ranches. But the TPWD was slow in clarifying the situation, and the damage was done in terms of perceiving the monkeys as fair game – just before the opening of the 1995 hunting season. "
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2005-08-05/283057/
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