Action for Primates
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Action for Primates
@actionforprimates.bsky.social
advocating for non-human primates globally
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 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...
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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]
September 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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...
September 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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...
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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.
September 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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
September 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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
September 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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.
August 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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.
August 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM