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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 2d

Happening today: #SmartLynxMalta is due to transport hundreds of #monkeys as cargo from #Mauritius to the #USA, destined for testing labs. These sentient #macaques are victims of the cruel global research & testing industry. Please send Email to SmartLynx: [email protected]

Long-tailed macaque in testing laboratory; SOKO Tierschutz/Cruelty Free International

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 5d

Non-human primates are exploited & persecuted - hunted & killed for 'fun', food, as 'pests'. Others captured alive for breeding or use in testing labs, sold as 'pets' or abused for social media content. Please take action on #WorldAnimalDay - 4 October: actionforprimates.org

Captured long-tailed macaques, Indonesia; Action for Primates

Infant long-tailed macaques for sale on roadside, Indonesia; JAAN/Sumatra Wildlife Center

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 7d

Jailed! Giancarlo Morelli from New Jersey given 4 yr sentence for conspiracy to create & distribute ‘crush’ videos, depicting extreme violence & sexual abuse of #monkeys. Part of vile online torture group responsible for unimaginable pain & terror.
eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/c...

Man sentenced for 'animal crush' videos of baby monkeys he bought, shared on Telegram

Giancarlo Morelli, a car salesman from New Jersey, was one of multiple people charged locally last year in connection with monkey torture videos.

eu.cincinnati.com

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 7d

Action for Primates remembers Dr Jane Goodall, DBE, internationally renowned primatologist, conservationist, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a passionate & tireless advocate for the natural world, chimpanzees & other non-human primates. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dame Jane Goodall remembered as 'true hero for the planet'

Leonardo DiCaprio and Barack Obama are among those paying tribute to the leading conservationist.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 10d

In #Japan, #marmosets made pregnant through artificial insemination & infected with a human strain of Zika virus. Most miscarried. All monkeys killed; ovaries & uteruses removed. Support included scholarship donation from multinational #Yakult Co. Ltd: tinyurl.com/3fhe85mr

Common marmosets; Ryan Ladbrook/Dreamstime

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 10d

Together with 43 other animal groups, we are supporting @LadyFreethinker with its appeal to US lawmakers urging them to take action to stop horrifying spread of online “crush” videos in which cats, #monkeys & other animals are brutally tortured & killed: ladyfreethinker.org/lady-freethi...

Infant long-tailed macaque in captivity, Indonesia; Action for Primates

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 23d

Happening today: We have been alerted to the plight of hundreds of long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius due to be transported by SmartLynx from #Paris CDG airport to the USA to suffer in testing labs. Please let #SmartLynx know how cruel & inhumane this is: [email protected]

Long-tailed macaque in transport crate; Animal Rights

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 29d

Government in #Singapore approved capture of wild long-tailed #macaques for fatal research inducing heart attacks, publicly funded in part by US taxpayer via #NIH grants. Shocking that native Endangered #monkeys forced to suffer & die in inhumane experiment
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Long-tailed macaque, Singapore; Bill Roque/Dreamstime

Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Sep 7

Shocking report @NadaFarhoud in @DailyMirror. Shameful that wild animals, including #baboons, continue to be slaughtered for 'fun.' UK Gov must act to ban import of sickening hunting 'trophies'. More info from @CBTHunting: bantrophyhunting.org
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

British hunter kills rare albino baboon on sick trophy hunting trip

A new report by the Campaign to Ban Trophy hunting has exposed British hunters who have killed our closest cousins on trips in Africa

www.mirror.co.uk

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Sep 6

Woman in USA charged with conspiracy & distribution of animal crush videos. Alleged that Lynn Seymour of New Hampshire was involved with online torture groups dedicated to distributing videos depicting torture, killing & sexual abuse of monkeys. www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/m...

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Sep 5

The exploitation & persecution of long-tailed #macaques in #Mauritius continues. This week, hundreds were transported by #Skytaxi to suffer & die in testing laboratories in Europe & USA. A relentless & inhumane trade in monkeys’ lives.

Long-tailed macaques in toxicity testing in German laboratory; credit: SOKO Tierschutz/Cruelty Free International

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Sep 4

Rhesus macaques bred to maltreat their infants @EmoryUniversity in attempt to 'model' human behaviour. Such research, which receives millions of public US dollars, is responsible for much suffering on non-human primates. Please speak out against this inhumanity: tinyurl.com/yf5tr65f

Mother and baby rhesus macaque; Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Sep 1

Today is #InternationalPrimateDay; a day to raise awareness about the plight of non-human primates & the many threats they face from humans around the world. Please join us in taking action on their behalf: actionforprimates.org

Long-tailed macaque mother and baby trapped in Indonesia; Action for Primates

Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 26

Over 41 hours after leaving #Vietnam, #SmartLynx has just landed at @JFKairport with 700 long-tailed #macaques destined for #Envigo. Forced to endure a gruelling ordeal, these monkeys now face certain death in US testing labs. This is a brutal & shameful trade in monkeys' lives.

Long-tailed macaques at Vietnam monkey farm; Cruelty Free International

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 25

Happening now: over 700 Endangered long-tailed #macaques are imprisoned in small crates on board a #SmartLynx Malta aircraft which has now left #Vietnam destined to arrive @JFKairport on 26 August. An inhumane & traumatic ordeal involving multiple international flights & stops.

Long-tailed macaque at Vietnam monkey farm; Cruelty Free International

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 23

We have been alerted to the plight of hundreds of Endangered long-tailed #macaques who are due to be transported by #SmartLynx Malta from #Vietnam - destined for testing labs in the USA. A brutal trade in monkeys' lives. Let #SmartLynx know how cruel & inhumane this is: [email protected]

Long-tailed macaque in transit crate, Brussels Airport 2024; Animal Rights

Long-tailed macaques in intravenous toxicity test; SOKO Tierschutz/Cruelty Free International

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 21

Female #macaques used as human surrogates in dietary reproductive research at #ONPRC. Fed Western-style diet (high salt, saturated fats) & injected with male hormone. Ovaries removed after 12 months. Publicly funded @NIH. Speak out against this inhumanity: tinyurl.com/253wfee4

Rhesus macaques in a laboratory; Cruelty Free International/SOKO Tierschutz

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 19

It is #InternationalOrangutanDay; a time to raise awareness about this critically endangered great ape & the threats they face from human activities. Tragically #orangutans can still be found languishing in zoos & exploited as photo 'props' for tourists to take selfies.

Bornean orangutan with her child at the Pata Mall in Thailand; Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals

Young Bornean orangutan in captivity, Thailand; Amy Jones-Moving Animals

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 19

In 2024, USA imported 900 long-tailed #macaques from #Indonesia; a total of 3,532 imported since 2021. Many of these individuals were cruelly captured from wild—taken from their homes & families, with infants ripped from their mothers. All victims of the brutal research & toxicity testing industry.

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 13

Long-tailed #macaque died in transit after gruelling 45h ordeal involving #SkyTaxi air transport from #Cambodia to #Canada. @AnimalProtectCA FOI request reveals shocking death took place in Aug 2024 after monkeys were stranded in Tbilisi for over 27h: www.animalprotectionparty.ca/cambodian-mo...

Long-tailed macaque in transport crate, Brussels Airport; Animal Rights

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 12

Inhumane experiment in #Iran used rhesus #macaques as surrogate for human exposure to high voltage power transmission lines. For a month, one individual exposed to high voltage electric field for 4 hours a day. tinyurl.com/44e9my8x

Rhesus macaque in laboratory cage; Cruelty Free International/SOKO Tierschutz

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 7

Shocking news: over 1000 #monkeys, imported from #Cambodia, but seized by US Fish & Wildlife Service in connection with its investigation into monkey trafficking, have now been returned to Charles River Laboratories & denied lifetime care in a sanctuary: t.co/2GmnCmZ0HX

Juvenile long-tailed macaques at a breeding facility in Cambodia; Cruelty Free International

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 6

Call for CITES to investigate failure by #Mauritius to comply with its obligations under #CITES treaty regarding its trade in long-tailed #macaques - as exports in species escalate, including a resurgence in wild-capture. Read report by @topsy_tee tracyk.substack.com/p/probe-poin...

Probe points to rule breach in Mauritius' lab monkey business

Mauritius says the sustainability assessments required under global regulations are ‘unwarranted’ in its trade of long-tailed macaques

tracyk.substack.com

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Aug 5

Further action in USA against those suspected of involvement in online monkey torture groups facilitating violent & sexual abuse of baby #monkeys. Ariel Kornienko of Louisiana charged with distribution of "animal crush" videos. www.nola.com/news/communi...

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is a deplorable & immoral act by Tiergarten #Nürnberg zoo in #Germany. 12 healthy Guinea #baboons killed because of the zoo's failure to prevent breeding. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Outcry after German zoo culled baboons due to overcrowding

The zoo in Nuremberg said it knew many people would be

www.bbc.co.uk

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