Signed Please stop the cruel trade and export of monkeys for research British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection Mauritius is one of the worlds largest suppliers of monkeys for the research industry, exporting thousands of animals every year to the USA and the European Union. A BUAV and Soko-Tierschutz investigation has uncovered the disturbing truth about what happens to the monkeys of Mauritius once they reach the laboratory. The investigation took place at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany (MPI), a leading European research facility. At the MPI, long-tailed macaques from Mauritius were subjected to ‘a living nightmare’; a life of deprivation, stress and suffering for basic research into how the brain processes information. Subjected to major surgery to have a chamber implanted in their skulls, the monkeys suffered swelling, bruising and bleeding head wounds. For some, their head wounds became severely infected, including with MRSA, resulting in further Read more LETTER TO Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius Please stop the cruel trade and export of monkeys for research. We, the undersigned, are shocked by the suffering inflicted on monkeys exported from Mauritius at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany. Their plight has been brought to light by an investigation carried out by the BUAV and Soko-Tierschutz. In addition
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