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TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Animal Safety Occasion of Canada is looking upon Canadian officers to observe the lead of the U.S. authorities and droop the importation of endangered monkeys from Cambodia to be used in Canadian laboratories.
In November 2022, the U.S. suspended all shipments of primates from Cambodia following indictments by the U.S. Division of Justice and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service towards Cambodian authorities officers and nationals for an alleged monkey smuggling ring by which long-tailed macaques, listed as endangered by the Worldwide Union for Conservation of Nature, captured from the wild have been misrepresented as having been bred in captivity.
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For the reason that U.S. suspension, Canadian imports of long-tailed macaques from Cambodia have elevated, and over the previous 19 months, hundreds of the monkeys have been introduced into the nation.
On Friday, August 9, 2024 the Canadian Transportation Company denied a touchdown allow to a cargo airplane loaded with long-tailed macaques from Cambodia for apparently being in violation of Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation pointers. The next day, on August 10, the airplane landed on the Montreal-Mirabel airport — 48 hours after the animals had been loaded. CITES Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Enforcement Directorate have been contacted to find out what enforcement motion shall be taken.
Canada is a signatory to the Conference on Worldwide Commerce in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and ought to be ordering a direct suspension of all monkey imports from Cambodia till the problem of unlawful commerce has been resolved.
“Canada has no excuse for willfully ignoring the conservation issues associated to the chance that these are wild monkeys laundered by means of a breeding facility, the humanitarian issues of animals confined to journey crates for excessive lengths of time, or the issues about zoonotic diseases that relate to the importation of non-human primates. Aside from that, the entire observe of so abusing our fellow primates ought to be a supply of disgrace,” said Barry Kent MacKay, Normal Supervisor of the Animal Safety Occasion of Canada.
“This is a chance for Canada to create a united entrance with our U.S. counterparts,” stated MacKay. “It’s time to indicate the world that we are going to not be complicit within the business exploitation of an endangered species.”
Contact:
Barry Kent MacKay, Normal Supervisor
Animal Safety Occasion of Canada
905 472 9731 | barry@animalprotectionparty.ca
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