#internationalmacaqueweek
Sadly, macaques are also among the most exploited primates. Every year, over 100,000 primates — mostly macaques — are housed in U.S. labs, often alone in barren cages.

#InternationalMacaqueWeek is our opportunity to speak up and demand better for them. 🔚

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Scathing New Report Details International Monkey Laundering
A damning new investigative report shared with PETA exposes Asia’s monkey dealers and Charles River Laboratories for illegally exporting wild-caught monkeys.
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May 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today wraps up #InternationalMacaqueWeek! 🐒

May 1–7 is a global annual celebration of macaques — a chance to promote respect & protection for these incredible animals.🌿

Let's learn more about them! 🧵

Info & graphics by the Asia for Animals Macaque Coalition.
May 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Enjoy these recent photos of Sissy, a 23-year-old female long-tailed macaque, at the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary this #InternationalMacaqueWeek!

#PrimateSanctuary #MonkeySanctuary #WildlifeRescue #WildlifeSanctuary #MonkeyRescue #Macaques
May 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yesterday's post for Day 6 of #InternationalMacaqueWeek ♥️

What can we do as individuals to help end this exploitation?

💄 Always buy cruelty-free products

🪧 Support petitions & donate

🔊 Educate yourself & the people around you

#RespectTheirNature
May 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
During #InternationalMacaqueWeek, find out more about #macaques & the work of @asiaforanimals #MacaqueCoalition & its members to protect & conserve these fascinating & intelligent species, as well as promoting peaceful & respectful coexistence with humans: www.macaquecoalition.com/internationa...
May 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
One place where #macaques are still abused for tourist #selfishselfies is Djemaa el Fna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in #Marrakech, #Morocco.
#InternationalMacaqueWeek is a good time to be working on a plan, watch this space...
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May 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Amanzi is a 23-year-old Japanese macaque. She LOVES to play with water from the hose while caregivers refill water troughs. Her favorite foods include bananas, anything she can steal, and peanuts!

This #InternationalMacaqueWeek, learn more about our sanctuary! www.bornfreeusa.org/primate-sanc...
May 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Born Free USA’s primate sanctuary is home to six macaque species – Japanese macaques, bonnet macaques, rhesus macaques, pig-tailed macaques, long-tailed macaques, and stump-tailed macaques. Learn more about them this #InternationalMacaqueWeek! www.bornfreeusa.org/2024/05/01/c...
Celebrating the Diversity of Macaques: The Primates Unfairly Deemed “Pests” in their Own Homes | Born Free USA
Although often characterized as gregarious “pests” in their range territories around the world, macaques represent some of the most complex, unique, social, and diverse monkeys on the planet, and dese...
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May 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🐵 It’s #MonkeyMonday and #InternationalMacaqueWeek! Besides humans, macaques are the most wide-spread group of primates. 🗺️📌 Macaques are one of the main species our sanctuary is expected to house in the future! 🫶🐒🫶🐒🫶

#monkey #conservation #sanctuary
May 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It is #InternationalMacaqueWeek; an opportunity to promote understanding & respect for these amazing, intelligent & social non-human primates, often the target of so much exploitation & persecution. To find out more www.macaquecoalition.com/internationa... #MacaquePositivity
May 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
May 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Illustration from an 1899 edition of Richard Lydekker's New Natural History. Macaques everywhere, for #InternationalMacaqueWeek!

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May 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Macaques represent some of the most complex, unique, social, and diverse monkeys on the planet. This #InternationalMacaqueWeek, read our blog to learn more about these animals, and meet some of the macaques from the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary! www.bornfreeusa.org/2024/05/01/c...
Celebrating the Diversity of Macaques: The Primates Unfairly Deemed “Pests” in their Own Homes | Born Free USA
Although often characterized as gregarious “pests” in their range territories around the world, macaques represent some of the most complex, unique, social, and diverse monkeys on the planet, and dese...
www.bornfreeusa.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
May 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This #InternationalMacaqueWeek, learn about the #macaques at the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary, including Japanese macaques, long-tailed macaques, rhesus macaques, and bonnet macaques, as well as other species at the sanctuary like vervets and #baboons! www.bornfreeusa.org/2024/08/29/g...
Get to Know the Monkey Species at the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary! | Born Free USA
The Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary is home to around 230 monkeys, many rescued from the pet trade, laboratories, and the zoo industry. Our residents belong to at least nine different species, with so...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The week we're all talking about macaques! #internationalmacaqueweek
May 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#InternationalMacaqueWeek starts May 1. You can join in! Macaques are fascinating, clever #primates who deserve a lot better from us than they often get.

#PrimatePeople Please share widely and encourage others to join in! #RespectTheirNature

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April 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We've got some really cool virtual tours planned for #InternationalMacaqueWeek (May 1-7).

Join my colleagues at JAAN's #primate rescue center! See lion-tailed macaques in the wild! Watch bonnet macaques live in an urban field site!

It's free :)

www.macaquecoalition.com/virtual-tour
Virtual Tour | International Macaque Week
Online touring macaque field sites and rehab facilities and learn about in situ and ex situ conservation work
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April 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM