*[Enwl-eng] Illegal monkey trade

[ecology]

wild macaques are being trafficked so big medical labs can cash in the 
profit.


                        Endangered monkeys are being trafficked to the US 
for biomedical research in a massive monkey-laundering scheme, according to 
a shocking new report.

                        Let’s call on one of the biggest buyers to clean up 
its supply chain and save the wild long-tailed macaques:

                         Sign the petition


            Wild, highly social monkeys are being illegally caught, shoved 
into cages and exported to the U.S. for animal testing – and one of the 
biggest medical labs is profiting off of them. Let’s make it stop!

            A breaking new investigation shows how long-tailed macaques in 
South-East Asia are being caught in the wild, then falsely labeled as 
captive-bred. It’s a massive monkey-laundering scheme! This does not only 
threaten the survival of the species in the wild, it also poses a public 
health risk: wild macaques can spread deadly diseases.

            One of the biggest US medical labs, Charles River, says it only 
imports captive-bred monkeys – but now their link to monkey trafficking is 
being scrutinized. Let's pile on the pressure, force them to dump the 
traffickers – and save these wild macaques!

            Charles River Laboratories: No more monkey business – end the 
illegal trade!

            Long-tailed macaques are the most traded, the most culled, and 
the most persecuted primate species in the world. Despite being endangered 
in the wild, they are bred in massive facilities across South-East Asia for 
export to biomedical labs in the US.

            The latest investigation by Sandy River Research shows how the 
numbers of exported monkeys just don’t add up with the capacity of breeding 
facilities in Cambodia and Vietnam, suggesting that these businesses are 
catching monkeys in the wild, laundering them and then selling them as 
captive-bred.

            Charles River Laboratories, one of the biggest buyers in the US, 
says that it puts all monkey suppliers through “enhanced due diligence, 
documentation, monitoring and auditing”. But it doesn’t even list all the 
breeding farms from which it buys long-tailed macaques – so how can they 
claim that?

            To make it worse, the lab was involved in a huge tuberculosis 
outbreak among imported macaques in 2023, and was subpoenaed by the U.S. 
Department of Justice in relation to its Cambodian supply chain.

            In other words: This monkey business is not only endangering an 
entire species, but posing a massive public health risk. But with this 
latest investigation, they’ve come under scrutiny – let’s use this momentum 
and make Charles River cut wild monkeys from its supply chain, and end the 
illegal monkey trade for good.

            Charles River Laboratories: No more monkey business – clean up 
your long-tailed macaque supply chains!


             Sign the petition
            Thanks for all that you do,
            Rosa, Danny, and the team at Ekō



            More information:

            Report alleges criminality in Cambodian, Vietnamese monkey trade
            Mongabay. 21 April, 2025


            Fate of 1,000 trafficked lab monkeys at center of US 
investigation in limbo
            The Guardian. 20 March, 2023


            Removal from the wild endangers the once widespread long-tailed 
macaque
            American Journal of Primatology (via NIH). 04 September, 2023








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            From: Rosa Vollmer, Ekō <us at eko.org>
            Date: ср, 21 мая 2025 г. в 11:45
            Subject: Illegal monkey trade




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