Action for Primates

More guilty pleas in connection with an international monkey torture conspiracy, involving the making & distribution of 'crush' videos depicting extreme violence & sexual abuse against monkeys in Indonesia. Four people from USA to be sentenced in December. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

Pregnant rhesus #macaques at #ONPRC in USA were fed the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis (THC) in a cruel & inhumane experiment publicly funded @NIH. When just 6 months old, their babies were taken from them & killed. Please speak up for these monkeys: tinyurl.com/ye29swsc

A #SkyTaxi aircraft has just landed at Montreal-Mirabel Airport, #Canada. Imprisoned on board are hundreds of Endangered long-tailed macaques from #Cambodia, destined for Charles River Laboratories. Victims of the brutal global trade in #macaques for toxicity (poisoning) testing.

We have received an alert that, at the end of October, #Mexico airline - Awesome Cargo - will be transporting long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius to the USA destined for the research & toxicity testing industry. Please take action for the monkeys: tinyurl.com/ytbuzrh8

Shame on #Canada for continuing to import Endangered long-tailed #macaques from #Cambodia despite CITES concerns over trade in the country. SkyTaxi to transport the monkeys to Montreal @YMXAirport on 20 October 2026 for Charles River Laboratories.

How many more convictions will it take before social media platforms finally take this heinous issue seriously? They are allowing violent content that is not only cruel & damaging to animals but is also harming children & the wider community. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

This latest horrific baby monkey torture case in the UK must serve as a wake-up call to social media platforms who need to comply with their obligations under the Online Safety Act to remove this cruel, dangerous & harmful content from their platforms. www.thesun.co.uk/news/4062973...

UK-based ringleader of a sadistic global baby monkey torture gang jailed for 3yrs & 3 months. Bartosz Poklek (known as BP) pleaded guilty to an offence under Serious Crime Act 2007, obscene publications offences & possessing indecent images of children. www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...

Amanda Leigh Fourez of Illinois sentenced to 31 months in prison - the latest person in USA to be jailed for conspiring with others to fund, commission & distribute “animal crush videos,” depicting the extreme violence, torture & sexual abuse of monkeys. www.wtaj.com/crime/woman-...

Yesterday, #SkyTaxi landed @Dulles_Airport with, we suspect, hundreds of Endangered long-tailed #macaques from #Vietnam imprisoned on board. Other recent transports from #Mauritius & #Cambodia; a relentless & inhumane trade in sentient beings by the toxicity (poisoning) testing industry.

Monkeys are now the second most popular threatened animal shot by trophy hunters worldwide. It is time to ban these sick 'souvenirs. Please sign @CBTHunting petition to PM Andy Burnham: actionnetwork.org/petitions/uk... #BanTrophyHunting

Thousands of long-tailed macaques are exported by #Mauritius every year to suffer & die in toxicity (poisoning) testing laboratories in the USA, EU & UK. Shame on @Ramgoolam_Dr & @SeeMauritius - the reputation of Mauritius as a holiday paradise is tarnished by such inhumanity to #monkeys.

Support #ReportItWeek Sept 21-27 & help end online animal cruelty. Join the free public webinar hosted by #SMACC that explores practical ways to respond when harmful animal content appears on social media. Register here: www.endcrueltyonline.com/report-it-week

The US Department of Health & Human Services announced actions to reduce testing using non-human animals & advance non-animal alternatives: www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...

In 2026, approx 83% of animal cruelty links reported to Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC) came from Meta platforms, including the abuse of baby #monkeys. Sign & share the petition urging #Meta to stop animal cruelty content on Facebook & Instagram: www.endcrueltyonline.com/meta-petition

To study the effects of social & spatial deprivation, researchers from Russia deliberately forced nine rhesus macaques to live singly in cages. Not surprisingly, they found that the macaques became 'depressed'. When will such inhumanity stop? (doi.org/10.1007/s105...)

Help rid social media of animal cruelty content. Support #ReportItWeek Sept 21-27 & join the #SMACC global movement to report harmful content. Make your voice heard & help make the internet safer for animals. Find out how: www.endcrueltyonline.com

SkyTaxi currently en route to Houston @iah with, we suspect, hundreds more Endangered long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius imprisoned on board. 4th transport by SkyTaxi in 10 days. Morally reprehensible relentless, inhumane persecution of sentient beings by toxicity (poisoning) testing industry.

Action needed: If you are a UK citizen or resident, please help end cruel, outdated animal toxicity tests like these by asking your MP to sign Early Day Motion 465 calling for the government to urgently deliver its Replacing Animals in Science Strategy. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

Shame on SkyTaxi- currently en route to @ATLairport from #Mauritius with, we suspect, hundreds of long-tailed #macaques imprisoned on board, destined for US animal testing labs. This is the third monkey transport by #SkyTaxi in 8 days. A despicable trade in monkeys' lives.

Five baby #orangutans abandoned in Odisha forest in #India - suspected victims of an international smuggling ring. Their plight is heart-breaking & raises troubling questions about the fate of their mothers who would never voluntarily abandon their babies. thebetterindia.com/wildlife/bab...

SkyTaxi continues its relentless transport of Endangered long-tailed #macaques to their deaths with flights this week from #Mauritius & #Cambodia to the EU & USA. The monkeys are victims of the cruel global research & toxicity (poisoning) testing industry.

We welcome the introduction of #baboon-proof waste bins in #SouthAfrica. Access to human-derived food is a major issue in negative interactions between wildlife & humans. We hope other communities & governments will institute similar, secure waste bins. www.ewn.co.za/2026/09/04/k...

At #Newcastle University, UK, rhesus #macaques subjected to brutal surgery, extensive anaesthesia & paralysis to study nerve cells in brains & spinal cords. Urge @UniofNewcastle to stop inhumane experiments & end use of non-human primates as 'surrogates' for humans: tinyurl.com/yc8h7r95

Thousands urge Indonesian Government to stop #macaque exports. Despite classified as Endangered species by IUCN Red List, #Indonesia issues export of 1,928 monkeys to be sent to overseas testing labs; send E-mail of protest: tinyurl.com/49tkuzrm www.dara.co.id/artikel.php?... #UnitedforPrimates

It is now gruelling 24 h since Awesome Cargo left #Mauritius. Hundreds of #macaques, destined for US labs, still imprisoned on board enduring this traumatic ordeal. Plane now en route to #Miami - @iflymia. This is a relentless & brutal trade in monkeys' lives. Protest this: tinyurl.com/ytbuzrh

Today is #InternationalPrimateDay; a time to highlight the plight of nonhuman primates & the threats they face—especially long-tailed #macaques, exploited & persecuted by the global research & testing industry. Please take action on their behalf: actionforprimates.org

Please sign, share petition opposing Manchester Airport cruel trade in Endangered monkeys for laboratories. Hundreds of long-tailed macaques are flown annually from Mauritius and Vietnam to suffer and die in UK toxicity (poisoning) testing laboratories: www.change.org/p/manchester...

Animal groups unite around the world to urge Indonesian Govt to stop cruel #monkey exports. Appeal sent by @AsiaforAnimals on behalf of 256 groups in response to #Indonesia giving go-ahead for 1,928 long-tailed #macaques to be exported to labs in 2026: drive.google.com/file/d/1b42r...

A compelling read that exposes the scale of the slaughter of wild baboons & vervets in South Africa & asks what right do we have to turn these sentient non-human primates into targets, trophies & commercial products: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

In the coming months, 1,928 Endangered long-tailed #macaques due to be exported from #Indonesia; their likely fate to suffer & die in toxicity (poisoning) testing labs in USA & China. Please take urgent action for these monkeys: sign petition & send Email tinyurl.com/49tkuzrm

ALERT: we have received a tip-off that #Mexico airline - Awesome Cargo - will be transporting hundreds of long-tailed #macaques from #Mauritius to the USA destined for the research & toxicity testing industry. Please take action for the #monkeys: tinyurl.com/ytbuzrh8

Today is #InternationalOrangutanDay; a day to raise awareness about this critically endangered species; tragically still hunted, abused & exploited for 'entertainment'. See @IAR_updates to help keep #orangutans wild: www.internationalanimalrescue.org/animals/oran...

UK government gives go-ahead for 36 rhesus macaques to be used in inhumane & highly invasive brain research that contains 'Severe' procedures; the highest level of severity used by the Home Office for animal experiments. tinyurl.com/yudnbtmn

Disturbing report that #Tanzania plans to revive its trade in #baboons which could result in hundreds trapped & exported to overseas labs. Please urge PM to cancel plans & instead adopt humane & effective method of human-baboon coexistence. Sample Email: tinyurl.com/8mtb3jvk

Help long-tailed macaques in #Indonesia! The species is listed in CITES Appendix II & classified as Endangered by the IUCN. Yet, the government is allowing the cruel export of 1,928 #macaques to be used in experiments. Please send E-mail & sign petition: tinyurl.com/49tkuzrm

We urge #Cambodia include camera operators responsible for mistreatment & interference of #macaques at #AngkorWat UNESCO World Heritage Site in crackdown on social media content creators: /https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501992192/environment-ministry-urges-crackdown-on-online-wildlife-trade

Long-tailed macaques in #Indonesia urgently need your help. A resurgence in their export will result in 1,928 #macaques sent overseas to suffer & die in cruel testing laboratories. Please sign & share petition: ladyfreethinker.org/sign-protect... @LadyFreethinker @jaan_indonesia

Please join @CFCF_A in their call to @PMEthiopia to halt shocking, inhumane proposal to kill #baboons at Nech Sar National Park #Ethiopia. Humane coexistence measures are needed, not mass slaughter. More information: gna.org.gh/2026/08/cons... www.coalitionforcrueltyfreeafrica.com/stop-the-exe...

Alarming resurgence in exports of long-tailed #macaques from #Indonesia for research & testing. Please join Action for Primates & @jaan_indonesia in our urgent call to the government to suspend exports & legally protect this IUCN-listed Endangered species; sample E-mail, more: tinyurl.com/49tkuzrm

Plans to transition ONPRC into a sanctuary end as Oregon Health & Science University pass resolution to substantially reduce #primate experiments & breeding at ONPRC & transition it toward human-based/new approach methodologies (NAMs): www.opb.org/article/2026...

Please sign, share our petition with @AnimalsCount & Cheshire Animal Rights Campaigns calling on @manairport to stop inhumane monkey transports from #Mauritius & #Vietnam (photos) for UK labs & help protect: www.change.org/p/manchester-airport-protect-long-tailed-macaques-in-your-csr-strategy

We are grateful to US law enforcement agencies for continuing to track down & prosecute those involved in horrific online #monkey torture groups. At least 30 people have been indicted across the USA. www.nola.com/news/courts/...

Marmosets in USA subjected to brutal head surgery to have head post & electrodes implanted to study phenomenon of 'cooperation' at tax payer expense @YaleMed; human volunteers could provide meaningful—& humane—information; voice your objection : tinyurl.com/ybtwbemp

Judge Susan J. Dlott who gave 9 year prison sentence in USA #monkey torture case stated: "I've seen a lot in my 53 years of practice and 31 years on the bench. But this is by far the worst criminal case I have ever had or ever want to have again": eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/c...

Man jailed for 9 years in USA - the longest sentence given to anyone involved in online #monkey torture groups. Nicholas T. Dryden, of Ohio, paid teenager in #Indonesia to create horrifying videos & directed him on how to torture & kill baby monkeys. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ohio-...

Protection for long-tailed macaques under US Endangered Species Act denied 2nd time. Petition filed by PeTA gave evidence of species decline, threats, including from US research & testing industry responsible for importing 1000s of wild-caught #macaques in recent yrs from #Indonesia & #Mauritius

Rhesus macaques, imprisoned on their own in small stainless-steel cages, were used as human surrogates and forced to become 'alcoholics' in shocking Russian chronic alcohol experiment, that lasted over two & a half years: tinyurl.com/c49yjm65

There has been an alarming increase in long-tailed #macaques used for regulatory purposes in #UK labs, including in cruel toxicity tests. These harrowing images reveal the heart-breaking reality for some of those monkeys who suffered in these tests: toxicity.inc

Football frenzy, monkey misery: As the ‘beautiful game’ captures headlines, speak up for 700 terrified #monkeys currently imprisoned on board #Mexico airline Awesome Cargo-flying from #Mauritius to @iflymia Miami-victims of a cruel animal testing industry tinyurl.com/ytbuzrh8