Monkeys Saved From Lab—but More Still in Peril

Last week, the High Court of Israel ruled that the Mazor breeding farm, which is associated with the notorious primate breeder Bioculture, cannot export 50 monkeys to a U.S. laboratory because they were captured in the
wild. Because the majority of Mazor’s monkeys are wild-caught, this means it’s unlikely
that Mazor will be able to sell these animals to laboratories.  

Unfortunately, the court is allowing Mazor to export 40 other
monkeys who were born in captivity. In a shocking betrayal, El Al Airlines is slated
to ship the monkeys despite the company’s earlier promise that it would not
transport primates to laboratories.

A Cruel Fate

If this shipment isn’t stopped—reportedly, these monkeys are
scheduled to be shipped soon on an El Al Airlines international flight—these 40
monkeys will go to Shin
Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (SNBL), where they will be used in cruel and almost certainly fatal experiments.

SNBL is the vile facility in Washington state that PETA exposed with photographs and
video footage released to us by a whistleblower. You may also recall that a monkey was sent
through a cage washer and scalded
to death at SNBL and that this facility has a long track record of violating federal
animal welfare laws.

What You Can Do

Please ask El Al to cancel its involvement with this and any
other shipments of primates to laboratories, as many other airlines have already done.

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