Every year, thousands of monkeys are transported to and around the U.S. to be imprisoned in laboratories and tormented in experiments in which they’re often cut open, poisoned, crippled, forced to become addicted to drugs, shocked, and killed.
JOHN BEAUGE: Three monkeys that escaped following a traffic accident Friday near Danville in Montour County were euthanized after they were captured, state police say… The last of the three escapees was captured Saturday evening and they were then euthanized in accordance with the American Veterinary Medical Association guidelines, Trooper Andrea E. Pelachick said.
The decision to euthanize followed a public health risk assessment conducted by the Centers for Disease Control, state Health Department and state police, she said… They were among the 100 cynomolgus macaques that were being transported in a trailer
The monkeys were in a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck driven by Cody M. Brooks, 31, of Keystone Heights, Fla., that collided with a dump truck on Route 54 at the Interstate 80 interchange, troopers said…The impact with the dump truck operated by Tyler G. Deeghan, 29, of Canton caused the trailer to separate and break apart, they said. Crates containing the monkeys were scattered over the roadway. SOURCE…
PETA issued the following statement:
One of the vehicles involved in the wreck was carrying 100 long-tailed macaque monkeys on their way to a quarantine facility in Florida. When the wreck occurred, four monkeys escaped—and one is still missing. The other three have had their first and last taste of freedom and the opportunity to climb trees…
The monkeys had just arrived in New York from what is likely a squalid breeding farm in Mauritius. They had not been quarantined, and their health status was unknown. Monkeys can carry lethal pathogens that spread through their saliva, blood, feces, and urine…
Because these 100 long-tailed macaque monkeys were headed to a laboratory to be caged, tormented, and killed, they were already in danger—but now the public is, too. The four who got away—including one who is still missing—are undoubtedly terrified and likely injured, and they may be harboring viruses that are transmissible to humans.
There is no way to ensure that monkeys are virus-free, and state veterinary and other records uncovered by PETA show that monkeys in laboratories in the U.S. have been found with tuberculosis, Chagas disease, cholera, and MRSA. The only way to ensure that pathogens don’t jump from monkeys to humans is to stop importing, caging, and experimenting on these animals…
This monkey crash is not the first time monkeys have posed a health risk to the public… Shipping monkeys and other animals to torment and ultimately kill them is dangerous—for everyone. But that hasn’t stopped companies that experiment on animals from continuing to engage in the practice.
Every year, thousands of monkeys are transported to and around the U.S. to be imprisoned in laboratories and tormented in experiments in which they’re often cut open, poisoned, crippled, forced to become addicted to drugs, shocked, and killed. These sensitive individuals are bred in captivity on filthy factory-like farms in Africa and Asia…
The industry that claims to be developing vaccines and treatments for human diseases not only fails to deliver results from animal-based experimentation, but also cruelly abuses and wastes the lives of sensitive monkeys and poses health risks to the general public by failing to safely contain the animals they use. PETA is calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to close monkey facilities and transfer the animals held within them to reputable sanctuaries. SOURCE…
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