Medical doctor John Wedderman quietly linked 759 Asian animal advocates into the beginnings of an international movement HONG KONG––Asian Animal Protection Network founder John Wedderburn, 83, among the most influential yet least well-known builders of the global animal rights and humane movements, died on November 25, 2024 at his retirement home in West Java, Indonesia. […]
Behind the Alpha Genesis monkey “great escape” & recaptures
Forty-three rhesus macaques made a jailbreak, but then didn’t know where to go, or how YEMASSEE, North Carolina–– Eighteen of forty-three young female rhesus macaques who escaped on November 6, 2024 from an Alpha Genesis research colony in Yemassee, South Carolina remained at large through the Veterans Day weekend, but 25 had been recaptured. The […]
“Bird flu” whacks marine mammals; are bird-eating people next?
High pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 hits in unexpected places around the globe GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador; PUGET SOUND, Washington; DES MOINES, Iowa––Beyond the birding world, and only the small segment of that who pay attention to avian diseases, hardly anyone noticed the “canary in the coal mine” when on September 20, 2023 the Galapagos National Park […]
Weasel words on the monkey beat: did FDA really end experiments?
White Coat Waste Project says National Center for Toxicological Research ended monkey studies, but FDA indicates they might resume “in the future based on agency needs” JEFFERSON, Arkansas––The White Coat Waste Project on both August 30 and September 18, 2023 declared victory in shutting down nicotine addiction experiments at the National Center for Toxicological Research […]
Soi Dog celebrates a million animals fixed in 18 years; lesson for U.S.
U.S. shelter killing is up, despite & actually because of emphasis on “no kill” instead of s/n. PHUKET, Thailand; ATLANTA, Georgia––“Today, I am overjoyed to share the news that the millionth stray animal has passed through Soi Dog Foundation’s spay/neuter program,” Soi Dog Foundation cofounder John Dalley exulted on September 8, 2023. “This is the first time […]
What Charles River Laboratories has in common with Al Capone
Monkey business, secret labs, & the French Canadian connection MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada––The liquid monkey business flowing across the 3,987-mile U.S./Canadian border these days is literally about liquid monkey parts: blood, guts, spinal fluid, and other internal organs pureed in a blender for use in biomedical research. A century ago, from the introduction of Prohibition with […]
Soi Dog Foundation shuts down a Vietnamese cat slaughterhouse
Slaughterhouse operated in open defiance of 1998 cat meat ban HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam––“In a ground-breaking victory against the dog and cat meat trade in Vietnam, a cat slaughterhouse has been forced to cease operations,” announced Soi Dog Foundation director of international advocacy Rahul Sehgal in a March 23, 2022 appeal to potential donors. […]
Did stranded macaques come from Cambodia, or from Thai temples?
1,200 monkeys stuck at Charles River Labs have reason to signify HOUSTON, Texas––Twelve hundred illegally imported wild-caught long-tailed macaques at last report were still waiting at a Charles River Laboratory warehouse near Houston for Charles River Laboratories, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and potential sanctuary caretakers to decide what will become of them. […]
Crocodile tears in the monkey labs as Charles River suspends imports
Charles River is latest monkey supplier named in wild-caught macaque smuggling case BETHESDA, Maryland––Laboratory monkey users and investors in the laboratory monkey business are shedding crocodile tears to mass media about an alleged monkey shortage jeopardizing public health by delaying approval of new drugs and medical procedures. No less an authority than the National Institutes […]
Monkey-laundering? Busts of lab suppliers follow 15 years of warnings
Wild-caught macaques may have flooded into U.S. labs for more than 15 years before the feds moved to stop the traffic HONG KONG–Did a small amount of monkey-eating in southern China cover for the development of large amount of monkey trafficking from the wild to U.S. labs? ANIMALS 24-7 and the International Primate Protection League […]