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advocating for non-human primates globally

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 6h
Monkeys are now the second most popular threatened animal shot by trophy hunters worldwide. It is time to ban these sick 'souvenirs. Please sign @CBTHunting petition to PM Andy Burnham: actionnetwork.org/petitions/uk... #BanTrophyHunting
Olive baboons grooming in Tanzania; Magdalena Kula Manchee on Unsplash
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thousands of long-tailed macaques are exported by #Mauritius every year to suffer & die in toxicity (poisoning) testing laboratories in the USA, EU & UK. Shame on @Ramgoolam_Dr & @SeeMauritius - the reputation of Mauritius as a holiday paradise is tarnished by such inhumanity to #monkeys.
Long-tailed macaques in intravenous toxicity test; SOKO Tierschutz/Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Support #ReportItWeek Sept 21-27 & help end online animal cruelty. Join the free public webinar hosted by #SMACC that explores practical ways to respond when harmful animal content appears on social media. Register here: www.endcrueltyonline.com/report-it-week
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The US Department of Health & Human Services announced actions to reduce testing using non-human animals & advance non-animal alternatives: www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In 2026, approx 83% of animal cruelty links reported to Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC) came from Meta platforms, including the abuse of baby #monkeys. Sign & share the petition urging #Meta to stop animal cruelty content on Facebook & Instagram: www.endcrueltyonline.com/meta-petition
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To study the effects of social & spatial deprivation, researchers from Russia deliberately forced nine rhesus macaques to live singly in cages. Not surprisingly, they found that the macaques became 'depressed'. When will such inhumanity stop? (doi.org/10.1007/s105...)
Rhesus macaque in laboratory cage; SOKO Tierschutz / Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Help rid social media of animal cruelty content. Support #ReportItWeek Sept 21-27 & join the #SMACC global movement to report harmful content. Make your voice heard & help make the internet safer for animals. Find out how: www.endcrueltyonline.com
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
SkyTaxi currently en route to Houston @iah with, we suspect, hundreds more Endangered long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius imprisoned on board. 4th transport by SkyTaxi in 10 days. Morally reprehensible relentless, inhumane persecution of sentient beings by toxicity (poisoning) testing industry.
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Action needed: If you are a UK citizen or resident, please help end cruel, outdated animal toxicity tests like these by asking your MP to sign Early Day Motion 465 calling for the government to urgently deliver its Replacing Animals in Science Strategy. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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Toxicity testing on animals - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House acknowledges the terrible pain, suffering, distress, lasting harm and death suffered by animals subject to toxicity testing; notes that, under generic service licences, the substance b...
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Shame on SkyTaxi- currently en route to @ATLairport from #Mauritius with, we suspect, hundreds of long-tailed #macaques imprisoned on board, destined for US animal testing labs. This is the third monkey transport by #SkyTaxi in 8 days. A despicable trade in monkeys' lives.
Long-tailed macaques at Mauritius breeding farm; Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Five baby #orangutans abandoned in Odisha forest in #India - suspected victims of an international smuggling ring. Their plight is heart-breaking & raises troubling questions about the fate of their mothers who would never voluntarily abandon their babies. thebetterindia.com/wildlife/bab...
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5 Baby Orangutans Found In Odisha Forest: What Officials Are Trying to Find Out
Five baby orangutans rescued from an Odisha forest have been shifted to Nandankanan. Native to Southeast Asia, their arrival raises questions about wildlife trafficking, import records and their unkno...
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
SkyTaxi continues its relentless transport of Endangered long-tailed #macaques to their deaths with flights this week from #Mauritius & #Cambodia to the EU & USA. The monkeys are victims of the cruel global research & toxicity (poisoning) testing industry.
Long-tailed macaque in export facility in Cambodia; Cruelty Free InternationalLong-tailed macaques from Cambodia in crates at airport
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We welcome the introduction of #baboon-proof waste bins in #SouthAfrica. Access to human-derived food is a major issue in negative interactions between wildlife & humans. We hope other communities & governments will institute similar, secure waste bins. www.ewn.co.za/2026/09/04/k...
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Keep them locked! Cape Town rolls out over 2k baboon-proof bins
The first batch of 2,200 lockable bins will be distributed in high-conflict areas, with another 3,800 to follow.
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
At #Newcastle University, UK, rhesus #macaques subjected to brutal surgery, extensive anaesthesia & paralysis to study nerve cells in brains & spinal cords. Urge @UniofNewcastle to stop inhumane experiments & end use of non-human primates as 'surrogates' for humans: tinyurl.com/yc8h7r95
Rhesus macaque in laboratory; Cruelty Free International/SOKO Tierschutz
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thousands urge Indonesian Government to stop #macaque exports. Despite classified as Endangered species by IUCN Red List, #Indonesia issues export of 1,928 monkeys to be sent to overseas testing labs; send E-mail of protest: tinyurl.com/49tkuzrm www.dara.co.id/artikel.php?... #UnitedforPrimates
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is now gruelling 24 h since Awesome Cargo left #Mauritius. Hundreds of #macaques, destined for US labs, still imprisoned on board enduring this traumatic ordeal. Plane now en route to #Miami - @iflymia. This is a relentless & brutal trade in monkeys' lives. Protest this: tinyurl.com/ytbuzrh
Long-tailed macaque in transport crate; Animal Rights
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today is #InternationalPrimateDay; a time to highlight the plight of nonhuman primates & the threats they face—especially long-tailed #macaques, exploited & persecuted by the global research & testing industry. Please take action on their behalf: actionforprimates.org
Long-tailed macaques in intravenous toxicity test; SOKO Tierschutz/Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Please sign, share petition opposing Manchester Airport cruel trade in Endangered monkeys for laboratories. Hundreds of long-tailed macaques are flown annually from Mauritius and Vietnam to suffer and die in UK toxicity (poisoning) testing laboratories: www.change.org/p/manchester...
Long-tailed macaque at Vietnam monkey farm; Cruelty Free InternationalLong-tailed macaque in transport crate, Brussels Airport; Animal Rights
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Animal groups unite around the world to urge Indonesian Govt to stop cruel #monkey exports. Appeal sent by @AsiaforAnimals on behalf of 256 groups in response to #Indonesia giving go-ahead for 1,928 long-tailed #macaques to be exported to labs in 2026: drive.google.com/file/d/1b42r...
Wild-caught long-tailed macaque in Indonesia, infant taken away; Action for Primates
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A compelling read that exposes the scale of the slaughter of wild baboons & vervets in South Africa & asks what right do we have to turn these sentient non-human primates into targets, trophies & commercial products: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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Shot, skinned and sold: South Africa’s enormous trade in wild primates
There is an ethical failure embedded in the staggering numbers that sustain this vast, established market. We need to confront a moral question: what gave us the authority to turn living beings into c...
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In the coming months, 1,928 Endangered long-tailed #macaques due to be exported from #Indonesia; their likely fate to suffer & die in toxicity (poisoning) testing labs in USA & China. Please take urgent action for these monkeys: sign petition & send Email tinyurl.com/49tkuzrm
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
ALERT: we have received a tip-off that #Mexico airline - Awesome Cargo - will be transporting hundreds of long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius to the USA destined for the research & toxicity testing industry. Please take action for the #monkeys: tinyurl.com/ytbuzrh8
Long-tailed macaques in export facility, Mauritius; Cruelty Free InternationalLong-tailed macaques in crates at Miami International Airport; photo provided to Action for Primates
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Today is #InternationalOrangutanDay; a day to raise awareness about this critically endangered species; tragically still hunted, abused & exploited for 'entertainment'. See @IAR_updates to help keep #orangutans wild: www.internationalanimalrescue.org/animals/oran...
Orangutan mother with infant, Thailand mall; Jo Anne Mcarthur/@WeAnimals
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
UK government gives go-ahead for 36 rhesus macaques to be used in inhumane & highly invasive brain research that contains 'Severe' procedures; the highest level of severity used by the Home Office for animal experiments. tinyurl.com/yudnbtmn
Rhesus macaque in laboratory; SOKO Tiershutz/Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Disturbing report that #Tanzania plans to revive its trade in #baboons which could result in hundreds trapped & exported to overseas labs. Please urge PM to cancel plans & instead adopt humane & effective method of human-baboon coexistence. Sample Email: tinyurl.com/8mtb3jvk
Wild baboon trapped and imprisoned in crate at dealer's premises, Tanzania (from an earlier investigation); credit: Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Help long-tailed macaques in #Indonesia! The species is listed in CITES Appendix II & classified as Endangered by the IUCN. Yet, the government is allowing the cruel export of 1,928 #macaques to be used in experiments. Please send E-mail & sign petition: tinyurl.com/49tkuzrm
Captured female long-tailed macaque, Indonesia; Action for Primates
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We urge #Cambodia include camera operators responsible for mistreatment & interference of #macaques at #AngkorWat UNESCO World Heritage Site in crackdown on social media content creators: /https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501992192/environment-ministry-urges-crackdown-on-online-wildlife-trade
Juvenile northern pig-tailed macaque terrorised at Angkor Wat
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Long-tailed macaques in #Indonesia urgently need your help. A resurgence in their export will result in 1,928 #macaques sent overseas to suffer & die in cruel testing laboratories. Please sign & share petition: ladyfreethinker.org/sign-protect... @LadyFreethinker @jaan_indonesia
Long-tailed macaque youngster wild-caught in Indonesia; Action for Primates
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Please join @CFCF_A in their call to @PMEthiopia to halt shocking, inhumane proposal to kill #baboons at Nech Sar National Park #Ethiopia. Humane coexistence measures are needed, not mass slaughter. More information: gna.org.gh/2026/08/cons... www.coalitionforcrueltyfreeafrica.com/stop-the-exe...
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Conservation group urges Ethiopia to halt planned culling of Baboons at Nech Sar National Park | Ghana News Agency
Accra, Aug. 01, GNA –The Coalition For Cruelty Free Africa (CFCFA) has called on Ethiopian authorities to immediately halt a proposal to execute baboons at Nech Sar National…
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Alarming resurgence in exports of long-tailed #macaques from #Indonesia for research & testing. Please join Action for Primates & @jaan_indonesia in our urgent call to the government to suspend exports & legally protect this IUCN-listed Endangered species; sample E-mail, more: tinyurl.com/49tkuzrm
Captured female long-tailed macaque, Indonesia: Action for Primates
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Plans to transition ONPRC into a sanctuary end as Oregon Health & Science University pass resolution to substantially reduce #primate experiments & breeding at ONPRC & transition it toward human-based/new approach methodologies (NAMs): www.opb.org/article/2026...
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OHSU’s leadership proposes a compromise for the primate research center
The proposal would allow OHSU researchers to continue doing some experiments using primates, while charting a path to breeding fewer monkeys and investing more in alternatives.
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Please sign, share our petition with @AnimalsCount & Cheshire Animal Rights Campaigns calling on @manairport to stop inhumane monkey transports from #Mauritius & #Vietnam (photos) for UK labs & help protect: www.change.org/p/manchester-airport-protect-long-tailed-macaques-in-your-csr-strategy
Long-tailed macaque in transport crate, Brussels Airport; Animal RightsLong-tailed macaque in transport crate, Brussels Airport; Animal Rights
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We are grateful to US law enforcement agencies for continuing to track down & prosecute those involved in horrific online #monkey torture groups. At least 30 people have been indicted across the USA. www.nola.com/news/courts/...
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How federal agents in New Orleans are unraveling a global monkey-torture ring
The arrest and conviction of a Covington woman represented a breakthrough in the attempts to unravel the dark frontier of internet crimes largely involving apes being burned, flayed and sexually tortu...
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Marmosets in USA subjected to brutal head surgery to have head post & electrodes implanted to study phenomenon of 'cooperation' at tax payer expense @YaleMed; human volunteers could provide meaningful—& humane—information; voice your objection : tinyurl.com/ybtwbemp
Common marmosets in laboratory cage; Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Judge Susan J. Dlott who gave 9 year prison sentence in USA #monkey torture case stated: "I've seen a lot in my 53 years of practice and 31 years on the bench. But this is by far the worst criminal case I have ever had or ever want to have again": eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/c...
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Man behind network of animal torture videos gets 9 years in prison
Nicholas Dryden was sentenced to 9 years in prison for soliciting and distributing videos depicting the torture of baby monkeys.
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Man jailed for 9 years in USA - the longest sentence given to anyone involved in online #monkey torture groups. Nicholas T. Dryden, of Ohio, paid teenager in #Indonesia to create horrifying videos & directed him on how to torture & kill baby monkeys. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ohio-...
Long-tailed macaque infant for sale in Indonesia; Action for Primates
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Protection for long-tailed macaques under US Endangered Species Act denied 2nd time. Petition filed by PeTA gave evidence of species decline, threats, including from US research & testing industry responsible for importing 1000s of wild-caught #macaques in recent yrs from #Indonesia & #Mauritius
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Rhesus macaques, imprisoned on their own in small stainless-steel cages, were used as human surrogates and forced to become 'alcoholics' in shocking Russian chronic alcohol experiment, that lasted over two & a half years: tinyurl.com/c49yjm65
Rhesus macaque in laboratory cage; SOKO Tierschutz/Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
There has been an alarming increase in long-tailed #macaques used for regulatory purposes in #UK labs, including in cruel toxicity tests. These harrowing images reveal the heart-breaking reality for some of those monkeys who suffered in these tests: toxicity.inc
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TOXICITY.inc—End Animal Toxicity Testing
Lab workers are sounding the alarm on animal toxicity testing. See the evidence. Act now.
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Football frenzy, monkey misery: As the ‘beautiful game’ captures headlines, speak up for 700 terrified #monkeys currently imprisoned on board #Mexico airline Awesome Cargo-flying from #Mauritius to @iflymia Miami-victims of a cruel animal testing industry tinyurl.com/ytbuzrh8
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
URGENT ALERT: we have received a tip-off that #Mexico airline - Awesome Cargo - is on its way to #Mauritius to transport up to 700 long-tailed #macaques to the USA destined for the research & toxicity testing industry. Please take action for the #monkeys: tinyurl.com/ytbuzrh8
Long-tailed macaques in export facility, Mauritius; Cruelty Free InternationalLong-tailed macaques in crates at Miami International Airport; photo provided to Action for Primates
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We support the new campaign to abolish trophy hunting worldwide. Inspired by Jane Goodall, this @CBTHunting campaign calls on the United Nations General Assembly to end this cruel & outdated practice. Please sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su... #BanTrophyHunting
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Support the Declaration on the Abolition of Trophy Hunting
The Declaration on the Abolition of Trophy Hunting unites public figures from around the world in calling on individuals, governments, and international bodies to end the cruel and outdated practice o...
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
If you are a US citizen, please contact your legislators urging them to support the Captive Primate Safety Act, an important piece of legislation that would ban the private 'ownership' of non-human primates as 'pets: tinyurl.com/2uc4u3ee
Capuchin kept as 'pet' in the USA
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
We welcome latest jailing in horrific US online #monkey torture case. Robert Craig from NC sentenced to 2yrs & 4 months for his role in creating & distributing videos. Paid & directed person in #Indonesia to inflict sexual abuse & violence against monkeys. www.cbs17.com/news/north-c...
Infant long-tailed macaque; Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Global summit held by @AsiaforAnimals #SMACC brought together governments, social media platforms, researchers, law enforcement agencies, veterinarians & animal protection groups to strengthen international collaboration against online animal cruelty. news.mongabay.com/2026/06/firs...
Infant macaque in captivity, Indonesia; Animal Friends Jogja/Action for Primates
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Authorities in #Thailand suspect 6 long-tailed #macaques seized in house raid along River Trat were to be illegally smuggled across the border into #Cambodia. Latest seizure is stark reminder of the threats faced by this IUCN Red Listed Endangered species. tinyurl.com/3m9adbsz
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A report that Charles River Laboratories is to expand its #monkey export business in #Cambodia appears directly contrary to recent statements by US gov agencies to reduce animal testing. Long-tailed #macaques exported to US & Canada for toxicity testing www.khmertimeskh.com/501920716/cr...
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We are appalled by the lack of humanity demonstrated by @wakeforestmed that continues to allow #monkeys to be imprisoned & forced to consume #alcohol in an immoral & scientifically unreliable attempt at understanding the disease in humans. Take Action: tinyurl.com/3unu9nu
Long-tailed macaque in steel cage at toxicity testing lab; SOKO Tierschutz/Cruelty Free International
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Questions raised over secrecy surrounding National Baboon Colony in Sydney, #Australia & concern for the welfare of the 160 #baboons - incarcerated inside this publicly funded facility - to be used in research & testing: www.nine.com.au/australia-ne...
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Beyond the barbed wire: Secret baboon facility under scrutiny
Welcome to the National Baboon Colony facility in Wallacia, Western Sydney.
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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Another guilty plea in US #monkey torture conspiracy case. Hugh T. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, was member of sadistic online group that paid person in #Indonesia to carry out & film requested acts of violence & sexual abuse on baby monkeys. www.forth.news/stories/Cbij...
Long-tailed macaque with plastic-encased metal collar, in cage, for sale in Indonesia
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