Animal rights activists angry as over 1,000 macaques imported from Cambodia to Canada in 2020 for research

Canada has approved the import of roughly 2,500 non-human primates annually from the U.S., but 2020 was the first year an additional number were imported from Cambodia

OTTAWA – Animal rights activists are up in arms after Canadian companies last year bought 1,000 monkeys for the purpose of scientific experimentation from Cambodian suppliers, saying our nation should not be supporting potentially notoriously inhumane breeders.

“There have been very serious welfare concerns raised about the living conditions of these monkeys in Cambodia and nearby countries, as well as concerns about misleading information being provided from sellers over there. And I think for Canada to be complicit in that is potentially quite concerning,” said Camille Labchuk, an animal rights lawyer and executive director for advocacy group Animal Justice.

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