Lisa Jones-Engel,PhD former primate scientist, now doing what needs to be done. Macaques can’t stand up to the biomedical industry alone.
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A generous donor has pledged $250,000 to @PETA and @BornFreeUSA to give these macaques a chance at sanctuary. Thank you, @JulieKayTV, for giving the monkeys a voice. The only acceptable future for these macaques is in sanctuary—not @NIH labs. Let’s make this their happy ending!
"If you can't keep a monkey in a facility, if you can't keep the the enclosures clean, if you can't train your staff well enough, you shouldn't be having monkeys," Lisa Jones-Engel, a primate expert with PETA, told @JulieKayTV wcnc.com/article/tech/scienc…
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The Trump administration is putting animals in sanctuaries instead of cages.
Compassion is making a comeback.
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Earlier this month, we all fell in love with Punch.
The unfortunate truth, however, is that monkeys like Punch are whisked away, not to be loved, but to be poked and prodded in research labs. Along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, I am urging @SecKennedy to stop the importation of monkeys for experimentation.
Read our full op-ed here:
thehill.com/opinion/energy-e…
Giving these endangered long-tailed macaques caught up in this violent, deadly and disease-ridden trade a voice is the mark of powerful journalism. Thank you @NickSeebruch and @rabbleca for giving people a chance to learn more.
This week on rabble radio: @NickSeebruch speaks with primate scientist Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel about the plight of the long-tailed macaque.
Relentless work by my colleagues who refused to let the scientific absurdity of using these tiny monkeys to model menopause go unchallenged.
BREAKING News for marmosets 🎉🐒
PETA's campaign CLOSED Agnes Lacreuse's @UMassAmherst lab of horrors!
Want to check out how PETA made this happen & what labs we’ll be shutting down next? 👇
peta.vg/43hp
Macaques can’t file flight plans and don't attend press conferences (yet)—but thanks to @AvSourceNews, their story gets out. His reporting makes sure @SmartLynxCom can’t hide what it’s flying: terrified, sometimes sick monkeys caught in a brutal global trade.
A coalition led by animal protection group PETA has urged U.S. authorities to investigate claims that SmartLynx Airlines mistreated 800 long-tailed macaque monkeys during a 43-hour flight.
aviationsourcenews.com/anima…
#PETA #animalwelfare #SmartLynx #AvGeek
OHSU has a long, shameful history of animal suffering, wasted tax dollars, and failed science. Their reckless disregard for biosecurity not only endangers public health but also condemns macaques to even more suffering. Shut it down.
Peter Barr-Gillespie, chief research officer at Oregon Health & Science University, held an emergency meeting with staff Thursday to brief them on pressure leaders are getting from Gov. Tina Kotek to close the Oregon National Primate Research Center. wweek.com/news/2025/03/27/oh…
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"It’s time we stopped thinking of NHP research as something of value and recognize it for what it is: a practice that future generations will...look back on with incredulity and regret."
New @JournalofEthics piece I penned with @D_Mand_MD.
journalofethics.ama-assn.org…
Evidence of wholesale wild monkey laundering in Cambodia is undeniable. Tens of thousands of long-tailed macaques caught up in the primate importation pipeline will arrive diseased or die between now and when CITES Standing Committee meets again. Who is paying CITES to delay?
The door needs to be shut on @AlphaGenesisInc immediately . Those monkeys endured excruciating deaths. "Some of the monkeys died quickly, but others were still breathing and lying unresponsive on their sides, according to the witness."
Monkey deaths at @AlphaGenesisInc—21 BODIES of ENDANGERED long-tailed macaques were stacked like 'Tetris' blocks in its fridge! Whistleblowers alerted PETA, and now the feds are investigating.
Read @postandcourier's story for the SHOCKING details! peta.vg/40j0
Another present for @UW incoming president.
Ninth Circuit sides with PETA to reveal university animal safety committee members’ names @hillelaron courthousenews.com/ninth-cir…
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Animal rights group PETA have urged an investigation after an endangered monkey was found dead in an air cargo shipment in Brussels which was to be sent to the USA.
avsn.co.uk/peta-calls-for-in…
#PETA #animalrights #aircargo #airfreight #AvGeek
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The heart-breaking trauma & terror of #monkeys in transit at @BrusselsAirport waiting to be transported to Manchester Airport @manairport for UK testing laboratories. tinyurl.com/yc49tzj3 Inspection reports & photos released by @AnimalRightsBE
& @AnimalRightsNL
ALT Long-tailed macaque in transit at Brussels Airport, destined for UK testing laboratories; supplied by Animal Rights BE
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Two women in the #UK are due to be sentenced this week for their role in a sadistic global monkey torture ring that paid for & ordered baby #monkeys to be brutally tortured & killed in #Indonesia to create videos to post online for 'entertainment'.
ALT Long-tailed infant macaque in captivity, Indonesia; Action for Primates
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Do the right thing @NIH & release the escaped @AlphaGenesisInc monkeys to a sanctuary 🚨
A concerned couple has offered $250,000 to PETA for sanctuary placement so the monkeys would NEVER be sent to a lab!
Get the full story here ⤵️ peta.vg/3zan
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Yes
Let’s stop please!
Thousands of macaques imported by @CRiverLabs from Cambodia. @USFWS and @TheJusticeDept are investigating alleged wildlife trafficking and now the scientific community is speaking up. Shut down the primate importation pipeline.
All macaques deserve to live among the trees with their troop. @AlphaGenesisInc only sees $$$$ when looking at these monkeys.
Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, PETA: “Deprived of all that matters to them, these monkeys were leading a miserable existence — and now the 43 scared, cold and hungry monkeys are on the loose.”
thetimes.com/world/us-world/…
Thank you @MSharif1990 for shining a megawatt spotlight @CRiverLabs primate importation pipeline that funnels diseased, distressed, wild-caught monkeys around the globe. Long-tailed macaques die, public health is jeopardized and science is compromised.
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“I’ve basically just been cast out as a scientist, as far as I can tell." Read @Katie_Dancey's interview with Lisa Jones-Engel on being silenced for working with @peta:
indexoncensorship.org/2024/1…