Action for Primates
@actionforprimates.bsky.social
advocating for non-human primates globally
Native to #Madagascar, endangered #lemurs are now facing a disturbing new threat from humans. A new report has found they are increasingly being hunted for human consumption: www.ndtv.com/science/lemu...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Native to #Madagascar, endangered #lemurs are now facing a disturbing new threat from humans. A new report has found they are increasingly being hunted for human consumption: www.ndtv.com/science/lemu...
Currently no #monkey flights planned by #SmartLynxMalta after a parent company restructuring. The airline has been a regular transporter of long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius to US testing labs; inhumane ordeals lasting over 40 hours, involving multiple flights and stop-overs.
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Currently no #monkey flights planned by #SmartLynxMalta after a parent company restructuring. The airline has been a regular transporter of long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius to US testing labs; inhumane ordeals lasting over 40 hours, involving multiple flights and stop-overs.
An alarming increase in wildlife trafficking into #California is being blamed on social media for fuelling a demand in wild animals, including monkeys, as ‘pets’, in particular #spidermonkeys from #Mexico. Reported by Mongabay: news.mongabay.com/2025/11/its-...
It’s ‘whack-a-mole’: Alarming rise in pet trade fuels wildlife trafficking into California
In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing noticed an odd bulge inside a man’s pants. Jesse Agus Martinez, a U.S. citizen who lives in Tijuana, ...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
An alarming increase in wildlife trafficking into #California is being blamed on social media for fuelling a demand in wild animals, including monkeys, as ‘pets’, in particular #spidermonkeys from #Mexico. Reported by Mongabay: news.mongabay.com/2025/11/its-...
CITES Standing Committee meeting (SC79) takes place this week, crucial decisions are to be made that will impact the future of the Endangered long-tailed #macaque in SE Asia, in particular in #Cambodia & #LaoPDR. tinyurl.com/bdpksz3m
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
CITES Standing Committee meeting (SC79) takes place this week, crucial decisions are to be made that will impact the future of the Endangered long-tailed #macaque in SE Asia, in particular in #Cambodia & #LaoPDR. tinyurl.com/bdpksz3m
We welcome report by @ScienceMagazine that US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (@CDCgov) have been told to phase out #monkey research. We urge for a compassionate release of all monkeys into funded life-time care in sanctuaries. www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We welcome report by @ScienceMagazine that US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (@CDCgov) have been told to phase out #monkey research. We urge for a compassionate release of all monkeys into funded life-time care in sanctuaries. www.science.org/content/arti...
Rhesus macaques immobilised in a head down position 24 hours a day for 42 weeks in disturbing research in China to mimic weightlessness (microgravity) experienced by astronauts during space travel. Inhumane & shocking abuse of non-human primates: tinyurl.com/mw77jamu
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Rhesus macaques immobilised in a head down position 24 hours a day for 42 weeks in disturbing research in China to mimic weightlessness (microgravity) experienced by astronauts during space travel. Inhumane & shocking abuse of non-human primates: tinyurl.com/mw77jamu
Monkeys rescued after an attempt to smuggle 143 long-tailed #macaques from #Thailand into #Cambodia was foiled by authorities. This Endangered species is widely exploited & persecuted; trafficked to be used as food, as pets or sold for testing labs. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
143 macaques rescued from smugglers in Sa Kaeo
Patrolling rangers rescued 143 protected crab-eating macaques from two smuggling operations in Sa Kaeo and arrested two suspects on Friday.
www.bangkokpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Monkeys rescued after an attempt to smuggle 143 long-tailed #macaques from #Thailand into #Cambodia was foiled by authorities. This Endangered species is widely exploited & persecuted; trafficked to be used as food, as pets or sold for testing labs. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
We welcome continuing action by US law enforcement following guilty plea by Katrina Favret of Tennessee to involvement with online #monkey torture groups paying for & distributing ‘animal crush’ videos depicting extreme violence against baby monkeys: www.wjhl.com/news/crime/g...
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We welcome continuing action by US law enforcement following guilty plea by Katrina Favret of Tennessee to involvement with online #monkey torture groups paying for & distributing ‘animal crush’ videos depicting extreme violence against baby monkeys: www.wjhl.com/news/crime/g...
Publicly funded through the US Department of the Air Force, 12 baboons were deliberately induced to suffer haemorrhagic shock—a critical medical condition that results from substantial blood loss—after as much as 40% of their blood was removed. tinyurl.com/53rjbp6s
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Publicly funded through the US Department of the Air Force, 12 baboons were deliberately induced to suffer haemorrhagic shock—a critical medical condition that results from substantial blood loss—after as much as 40% of their blood was removed. tinyurl.com/53rjbp6s
Alert: Hundreds of long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius are currently imprisoned in small crates on board #SmartLynxMalta, being subjected to multiple international flights & stops in Ethiopia, Greece, France, Iceland & the USA; their fate to suffer & die in US testing labs.
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Alert: Hundreds of long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius are currently imprisoned in small crates on board #SmartLynxMalta, being subjected to multiple international flights & stops in Ethiopia, Greece, France, Iceland & the USA; their fate to suffer & die in US testing labs.
Happening today: Hundreds of monkeys exported by #Mauritius to suffer & die in testing laboratories in Europe & USA. Shame on @Ramgoolam_Dr & @SeeMauritius - the reputation of Mauritius as a holiday paradise is tarnished by this utter inhumanity to long-tailed #macaques.
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happening today: Hundreds of monkeys exported by #Mauritius to suffer & die in testing laboratories in Europe & USA. Shame on @Ramgoolam_Dr & @SeeMauritius - the reputation of Mauritius as a holiday paradise is tarnished by this utter inhumanity to long-tailed #macaques.
Mauritius failing in its obligation under CITES by allowing inhumane & lengthy air transport ordeals - lasting over 40 hours - for hundreds of #monkeys exported to USA for testing labs. USDA found violations of US Animal Welfare Act involving shipment from #Mauritius to #Miami.
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Mauritius failing in its obligation under CITES by allowing inhumane & lengthy air transport ordeals - lasting over 40 hours - for hundreds of #monkeys exported to USA for testing labs. USDA found violations of US Animal Welfare Act involving shipment from #Mauritius to #Miami.
We welcome statement from U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II following sentencing in horrific U.S. baby #monkey torture case: “Today’s sentence shows our resolve to punish everyone who participates in these despicable and sadistic conspiracies.”
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Married Dad, 39, Who Bought Videos of Men Mutilating and Sexually Abusing Monkeys Learns Fate
Giancarlo Morelli, 39, will serve four years in federal prison followed by three years of probation and pay a $25,000 fine.
people.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We welcome statement from U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II following sentencing in horrific U.S. baby #monkey torture case: “Today’s sentence shows our resolve to punish everyone who participates in these despicable and sadistic conspiracies.”
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Most widely used non-human primate species for research & testing is the long-tailed #macaque. A sickening inhumane experiment in #China involved subjecting macaques to surgery to cut out an entire eye, incl eyelids, for cruel whole eye transplantation, which failed. tinyurl.com/3ythfynw
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Most widely used non-human primate species for research & testing is the long-tailed #macaque. A sickening inhumane experiment in #China involved subjecting macaques to surgery to cut out an entire eye, incl eyelids, for cruel whole eye transplantation, which failed. tinyurl.com/3ythfynw
Disturbing reports that rhesus #macaques who broke free from their transit crates, following a trailer crash on a US highway in #Mississippi, have been killed by law enforcement. Monkeys were being transported from Tulane National Primate Research Center.
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Escaped monkeys 'destroyed' after Mississippi police are mistakenly told they're a danger
A truck transporting monkeys associated with Tulane University crashed, prompting law enforcement to take "appropriate action" based on what it was initially told, sheriff's officials said.
www.nbcnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Disturbing reports that rhesus #macaques who broke free from their transit crates, following a trailer crash on a US highway in #Mississippi, have been killed by law enforcement. Monkeys were being transported from Tulane National Primate Research Center.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
In 2024, 87% of experimental procedures carried out on #monkeys in #UK laboratories were for regulatory purposes, including cruel toxicity (poisoning) testing. All these tests involved Endangered long-tailed macaques imported from #Mauritius & #Vietnam.
October 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In 2024, 87% of experimental procedures carried out on #monkeys in #UK laboratories were for regulatory purposes, including cruel toxicity (poisoning) testing. All these tests involved Endangered long-tailed macaques imported from #Mauritius & #Vietnam.
We have joined a global appeal by @AsiaforAnimals Coalition to the #Mauritius government to provide protection to long-tailed #macaques & to end their capture for export, breeding & use in experiments.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We have joined a global appeal by @AsiaforAnimals Coalition to the #Mauritius government to provide protection to long-tailed #macaques & to end their capture for export, breeding & use in experiments.
drive.google.com/file/d/1J33X...
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Conservation status of the #longtailedmacaque maintained as Endangered on the IUCN Red List - despite challenge by animal research industry - due to habitat loss & high levels of exploitation, including by global trade for research & toxicity testing: www.iucnredlist.org/species/1255...
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Conservation status of the #longtailedmacaque maintained as Endangered on the IUCN Red List - despite challenge by animal research industry - due to habitat loss & high levels of exploitation, including by global trade for research & toxicity testing: www.iucnredlist.org/species/1255...
Monkeys from #Mauritius subjected to a 44 hour transport ordeal on #SmartLynxMalta for testing labs in USA. Forced to endure multiple flights & stops, including 11 hours at Brussels Airport. A relentless & inhumane trade in monkeys’ lives. Shame on @Ramgoolam_Dr & @SeeMauritius
October 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Monkeys from #Mauritius subjected to a 44 hour transport ordeal on #SmartLynxMalta for testing labs in USA. Forced to endure multiple flights & stops, including 11 hours at Brussels Airport. A relentless & inhumane trade in monkeys’ lives. Shame on @Ramgoolam_Dr & @SeeMauritius
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]
October 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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]
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
October 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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
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.
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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
October 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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...
eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/c...
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
October 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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...
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
September 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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
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...
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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...