Many species of titi monkeys, a species from South America, are in an endangeredanimal list by the Convention on International Trade in EndangeredSpecies of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites).
Some, like Wellington's Victoria University biologist Wayne Linklater, writing in Wellington's Dominion Post, have questioned the use of money on an animal whose species is not endangered.
In early November, delegates from 160 member nations will convene in Chile for the Convention on International Trade in EndangeredSpecies (CITES) to decide whether to ban, restrict or encourage trade in certain plant and animal products.