Lawyers for Animal Rights noted the primates are protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010. Lawyers Rajesh Nagarajan and Sachpreetraj Singh said there was no justification for the culling of the shy leaf-eating species which are also considered “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. They said Perhilitan’s claim that it was allowed to cull the primates under section 52 of the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 was also not justified. Section 52 of the Act among others states that a Perhilitan officer, acting in good faith, can exercise his powers to hunt any wildlife if it poses a danger to human life or property.