Action for Primates

Shocking images of #monkeys suffering in UK labs reveal the secretive world of animal toxicity testing. Carried out for global regulatory purposes, such cruel & outdated tests must end. These monkeys & other animals urgently need your help. Take action at: toxicity.inc

The long-tailed #macaque is the most heavily traded & most widely used non-human primate species in toxicity testing. Their short lives at the hands of humans are filled with fear, suffering, pain & distress: toxicity.inc Remember them during #InternationalMacaqueWeek

It is #InternationalMacaqueWeek; an opportunity to promote understanding & respect for these amazing, intelligent & social non-human primates, the target of so much exploitation & persecution. To find out more: macaquecoalition.com/international-… #RespectTheirNature

Report in @lexpressmaurice questioning the lack of oversight regarding fate of long-tailed #macaques exported from #Mauritius. Question arises after outcry over shocking images of frightened & distressed #monkeys subjected to toxicity tests in UK lab. lexpress.mu/s/itineraire-d…

Undercover investigation by @LC4A reveals horror for rhesus #macaques in neuroscience research at York University (@YorkUnews), #Canada. Formal complaint filed with Canadian Council on Animal Care, & calls for monkeys to be released to a sanctuary. stopyorkprimateresearch.com

Thank you to all MPs who attended the debate in UK Parliament this week & spoke out in support of ending animal testing for human products. Watch it here: youtube.com/live/VemDcod-F…  Please support campaign to end cruel animal toxicity tests like this one: toxicity.inc

Woman in USA pleads guilty in horrific #monkey torture case. Amanda Leigh Fourez from Illinois was a member of “deranged online chat groups” that paid others to make torture videos inflicting unimaginable violence on baby monkeys. abc3340.com/news/nation-wo…

Every year, #Mauritius exports many thousands of long-tailed #macaques to testing laboratories in the UK, Europe & USA to suffer & die in regulatory toxicity tests. Please help them: toxicity.inc lemauricien.com/actualites/soc…

Today - the UK Parliament will debate a petiton on animal testing. The public outcry following the recent release of shocking images of beagles, monkeys & other animals suffering in toxicity tests in UK labs adds urgency to this important debate. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7365…

On 24 April—World Day for Animals in Laboratories,  Action for Primates remembers the animals, including monkeys, suffering & dying inside toxicity testing labs as revealed in this harrowing footage released by Animals International.Take action: toxicity.inc   #WDAIL

Urgent action if you are a UK citizen or resident: Please go to toxicity.inc & contact your MP today. These outdated, scientifically unreliable & cruel toxicity tests must end. These #monkeys & other animals suffering in UK testing labs urgently need your help.

The tragic fate #monkeys face in UK testing laboratories. Hundreds of Endangered long-tailed #macaques - originating from #Mauritius & #Vietnam - are imported into the UK every year through @manairport to be used in toxicity tests. toxicity.inc

What they do not want you to see - inside UK animal toxicity testing labs. Animals, including monkeys, are suffering every day in these cruel tests & urgently need your help. Contact your MP today - urge them to support an end to animal toxicity testing: toxicity.inc

This is the secretive world of animal toxicity testing. Filmed in the UK, but carried out for global regulatory authorities, these outdated, scientifically unreliable & cruel tests must stop. These monkeys & other animals urgently need your help: toxicity.inc

Heart-breaking images from inside UK laboratories reveal disturbing insight into the suffering of monkeys, & other animals in toxicity tests for regulatory purposes. Reported in @DailyMail dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Citizens and residents of #Canada: please sign Petition e-7020 calling on the Canadian authorities to take action over the import of Endangered long-tailed #macaques. Thousands are imported each year from #Cambodia & #Mauritius. ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…

We were alerted this week by a concerned source at JFK @JFKairport, to hundreds of #monkeys being transported by #SkyTaxi from #Mauritius to Florida @iflymia; victims of the cruel global trade in long-tailed #macaques for the US research & toxicity (poisoning) testing industry.

In #Germany, researchers have genetically modified #marmosets to be born deaf. Instead of focusing efforts on developing humane & human-relevant ways to study hearing loss in people, it is unforgivable #monkeys continue to suffer as surrogates for humans. tinyurl.com/5t3jfbbv

Please sign & share our petition with @AnimalsCount & Cheshire Animal Rights Campaigns calling on @manairport to end involvement in cruel trade in #monkeys from #Mauritius & #Vietnam for UK testing labs & help protect the Endangered long-tailed macaque: change.org/p/manchester-a…

Another guilty plea in online #monkey torture conspiracy case with warning from @DOJEnvironment that “animal crush videos are illegal and we will prosecute individuals engaged in this sadistic behavior.” Joseph Buckland of PA faces up to 5 years in prison.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/m…