Here is a new site I have recently discovered, and by recently I mean today!
Check out the latest post on it entitled "Monkeys on a Plane" it is absolutely horrific! Even more sad that they are being brought to my hometown of Montreal! Something should definitely be done.
"Air Canada was in the business of shipping baby monkeys from breeding farms in China to biomedical labs in Canada."
"many people were shocked to learn that painful, invasive research is conducted on monkeys in Canadian labs every day–in this case, just a short drive west from our most cosmopolitan and sophisticated city, Montreal."
Spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick told CBC that Air Canada is obliged by law to accept monkeys as cargo.
“As a public carrier,” he says, “Air Canada can only refuse carriage in very limited situations. We cannot by law refuse the carriage of animals for the sole reason that they could ultimately be destined to a laboratory or for research. We must comply with this 1998 Canadian Transportation Agency [CTA] ruling.”
Please read the full article and check out the rest of the site focused on human/animal interactions
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