A dead monkey has been discovered squeezed between sawn timber packs on a ship docked in Whangārei. It was a staff member from BBS Timbers who discovered the dehydrated monkey body upon opening the fumigated container that had arrived from Guyana in South America. Biosecurity NZ noted the monkey body was in a poor condition and the species had not yet been identified. BSS Timbers is a registered transitional facility with trained biosecurity staff to check arriving cargo. There are currently more than 4300 transitional facilities in New Zealand and they are strictly regulated by Biosecurity NZ.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 19, 2019 23:37 UTC