[ [link removed] ]small monkey is holding on to a researcher, looking afraid

A giant monkey breeding facility is about to be built in the southern US,
where 30,000 long-tail macaques will be kept in tiny cages so they can
later be poked and prodded, injected with drugs, and slathered with
painful chemicals. 

Locals are fiercely opposing the project -- if animal lovers around the
world stand with them now, we can create a global scandal and get this
facility and others like it banned for good.  


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John,

Thousands of monkeys are kept in tiny cages, poked and prodded, injected
with drugs, and slathered with painful chemicals.

Governments not only allow it, they give tax subsidies to private animal
breeding companies who rake in profits from this torture. 

A $400 million monkey breeding facility is about to be built in the
southern US -- the largest of its kind in the country. Locals are fiercely
opposing the plan, and if animal lovers around the world stand with them,
we can create a global scandal and get monkey breeding facilities banned
for good.

[ [link removed] ]Click to add your name: no more monkey breeding

The new “mini city” in Georgia would breed and house 30,000 long-tail
macaques before they are shipped to universities and pharmaceutical
companies that run medical experiments on them.

While scientific advances are important, animal testing isn't that
effective -- more than 90% of drugs tested on animals, including primates,
ultimately fail in human trials. Instead of green-lighting mega breeding
facilities, governments should be investing in the alternatives to animal
testing, many of which exist, but receive little attention.

Residents of the Georgia town have filed a lawsuit opposing the project,
and now lawmakers are deciding how to proceed. Let’s help stop it in its
tracks and send a signal to governments everywhere that people reject
monkey breeding and testing and want a more humane approach to scientific
experimentation. 

[ [link removed] ]Stop monkey torture -- shut down these facilities and invest in
alternatives!



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Thanks for all that you do,
Rewan and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Plan for US ‘mini-city’ of 30,000 monkeys for medical research faces
backlash
The Guardian. February 16, 2024

[ [link removed] ]Georgia county takes back support for $396M monkey-breeding facility
Fox5 Atlanta, February 14, 2024
 
[ [link removed] ]Proposed monkey warehouse in Georgia would be a step backward for
animals and science
The Humane Society, February 12, 2024

 

 

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