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March 22, 2024
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Miami – Please see the next assertion from PETA primate scientist Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel concerning the “not responsible” verdict within the U.S. Division of Justice’s prosecution of Cambodian authorities official Masphal Kry within the U.S. District Courtroom for the Southern District of Florida:
Whatever the verdict, the proof confirmed that numerous monkeys had been kidnapped from their forest properties and laundered with soiled paperwork and that representatives from two American importers—Worldwide Primates and Orient BioResource Middle (now Inotiv)—signed off on the paperwork for black market monkeys. We additionally know that Charles River Laboratories is at the moment underneath federal investigation for potential violations of importation legal guidelines and continues to carry onto 1,200 monkeys who had been apparently illegally imported. It’s clear that will probably be inconceivable going ahead to show that monkeys aren’t trafficked. So whereas we await the trials of the others who had been indicted by the U.S. Division of Justice for his or her alleged involvement within the huge monkey-smuggling scheme, the primate-importation business ought to be shut down now.
PETA—whose motto reads, partly, that “animals are usually not ours to abuse in any method”—factors out that Each Animal Is Somebody and presents free Empathy Kits for individuals who want a lesson in kindness. For extra data on PETA’s investigative newsgathering and reporting, please go to PETA.org or comply with the group on X, Fb, or Instagram.
