Birth control rumors for Lushan monkeys denied  

庐山否认给猴“计划生育”:从没喂猴避孕药（图）

连日来，以风景秀美闻名于世的中国名山庐山因“山中猴子繁殖太快被喂孕药”的传闻引起网上大讨论。21日，中新网记者从江西省庐山管理局园林林业局获得消息称，“庐山从未给猴子喂过避孕药，网上传闻有误。” [查看全文]

Nanchang (CNS) -- Rumors that monkeys on Lushan Mountain were being put on contraceptives are false, the local forestry department in Jiangxi province said on Wednesday.

According to a recent report in a Jiangxi province newspaper, staff members at Lushan Mountain park are feeding contraceptive pills to the primates at the park to keep their numbers down. The report has become a hit online.

"We have never fed monkeys pregnancy-prevention medicines, since the number is still within the breeding capacity of the park," said a park official.

"We have adopted a free-range style to raise these monkeys, so it's even hard for us to catch them, not to mention seize them and feed them contraceptive pills," a park official surnamed Chen added.

A total of 50 monkeys were introduced into the scenic spot at the end of 2005, according to a park official. At this point, the number has more than doubled, the official added.