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News Media Articles Involving Non-human Primates 2023

The following are articles about non-human primates reported in the news media. Those involving Action for Primates are indicated.

See elsewhere for non-human primates in the news from other years.

Although an article may be posted here, it does not mean that Action for Primates agrees with any statements made or situations depicted. It should be clear that we are unequivocally opposed to keeping non-human primates in captivity.

See separate page on injuries caused by keeping non-human primates in captivity.


2023-06-08: "Des macaques sacrifiés pour la recherche biomédicale : où en sont les alternatives à l'expérimentation animale ?" franceinfo accessed 2023-06-08
2023-06-02: "Aussie influencer breaks down in tears over 'triggering' monkey show in Thailand: 'That's really messed up'" Olivia Day Mail Online accessed 2023-06-02
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2023-05-27: "The secret flights: How Manchester Airport became a gateway for animal testing" Mollie Simpson, Shikhar Talwar, Joshi Herrmann and Sophie Atkinson The Mill accessed 2023-05-27
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2023-05-26: "J-K: Farmers In Doda Switch To Medicinal Plants Cultivation To Keep Hungry Monkeys Away" Press Trust Of India R.Republicworld.com accessed 2023-05-27
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2023-05-23: "Biodiversity Is Nearing an 'Extinction Crisis,' Animal Researchers Say" Chad de Guzman Time accessed 2023-05-25
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2023-05-18: "New York Legislators Move to Halt 'Banana Races' Amid Animal Cruelty Concerns" Josie Fu One Green Planet accessed 2023-05-19
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2023-05-16: "No more monkey business as Albany tries to stop 'banana races' amid allegations of animal cruelty" Zach Williams New York Post accessed 2023-05-17
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2023-05-12: "Wildlife trafficking gang arrested, macaques rescued" Bangkok Post accessed 2023-05-13
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2023-05-12: "Des cas de tuberculose détectés chez des macaques à longue queue à Maurice : « Pour la sécurité publique et par compassion, il faut mettre fin aux exportations des singes », lance Action for Primates" Top FM accessed 2023-05-13
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2023-05-12: "Exportation of monkeys to China Otara and 25 animal rights activists go before Court" Lakmal Sooriyagoda DailyMirror accessed 2023-05-12
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2023-05-10: "ANP aims for peaceful neighbour-wildlife coexistence" Shalini Jay Free Malaysia Today accessed 2023-05-29
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2023-05-09: "Après la détection de plusieurs cas de tuberculose : des ONG exigent l'interdiction d'exportation de singes mauriciens" Patrick Hilbert Defimedia.info accessed 2023-05-10
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2023-05-08: "After Sri Lanka, Nepal debates exporting its 'problematic' monkeys" Abhaya Raj Joshi Mongabay accessed 2023-05-09
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2023-05-06: "¿Ciencia o tortura? España, actor clave en los experimentos con primates en peligro de extinción" Yarisley Urrutia Sputnik accessed 2023-05-08
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2023-05-06: "Monkey neutering campaign gains momentum in Phuket" The Phuket News The Phuket News accessed 2023-05-07
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2023-05-05: "Damning evidence emerges in Cambodian monkey smuggling case" Jack Adamović Davies rfa accessed 2023-05-06
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2023-05-05: "CITES, mafias y tráfico de macacos en Tarragona" Irene Suazo Jiménez elDiario.es accessed 2023-05-06
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2023-05-04: "With protected tag gone, Delhi's monkey problem a civic issue now" Kushagra Dixit Times of India accessed 2023-05-14
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2023-05-04: "Los experimentos con primates vivos en Europa que nadie quiere ver" Javier H. Rodríguez Blog del Proyecto Lemu accessed 2023-05-06
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2023-05-04: "Des cas suspects de tuberculose détectés chez des macaques à longue queue : « Le ministère de l'Agro-industrie alerté... On n'a eu aucune confirmation jusqu'ici », affirme Nada Padayatchy" top FM accessed 2023-05-04
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2023-05-03: "Experiments with live primates in Europe and Spain that nobody wants to see" Javier H. Rodriguez El Salto accessed 2023-05-03
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2023-04-26: "Thai police foil attempt to smuggle 44 macaques stuffed in boxes, three die of suffocation" The Star accessed 2023-04-26
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2023-04-26: "Asia for Animals Coalition urges SL to halt export of 100,000 toque macaques" ft.lk accessed 2023-04-26
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2023-04-26: "Review NFA on animal 'torture porn' report, urge UK and US groups" FMT Reporters FMT accessed 2023-04-26
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2023-04-24: "446 macaques saisis à Jinfei : de puissants groupes internationaux exhortent le PM à les libérer" le mauricien.com accessed 2023-04-24
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2023-04-20: "Exploiting the legal system: Alleged corruption in Cambodia's monkey farms taints global wildlife trade" Anton L. Delgado kontinentalist accessed 2023-05-01
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2023-04-20: "Alleged Corruption in Cambodia Monkey Farms Taints Global Wildlife Trade" Anton Delgado Pulitzer Center accessed 2023-05-01
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2023-04-20: "Cash-strapped Sri Lanka considers selling 100,000 monkeys to China" Joe Wallen The Telegraph accessed 2023-04-22
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2023-04-19: "SL monkeys: What did Chinese company request ?" Newswire accessed 2023-04-19
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2023-04-17: "Ending the Torture of Baby Monkeys Online" Daniela The holidog Times accessed 2023-04-18
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2023-04-13: "Cash-strapped Sri Lanka considers exporting 1 lakh endangered monkeys to China" Deccan Herald accessed 2023-04-17
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2023-04-13: "Are monkeys exported to China for experiments in labs?" News 1st accessed 2023-04-14
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2023-04-12: "Monkey Torture Videos on Social Media Highlights Need for Online Safety Bill" Nicholas Vincent OneGreenPlanet accessed 2023-04-13
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2023-04-11: "Sri Lanka to export monkeys to China?" Newswire accessed 2023-04-12
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2023-04-09: "Monkey torture videos prompt drive to include animals in Online Safety Bill" Dalton, Jane Independent accessed 2023-04-09
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2023-04-07: "Six people caught allegedly trapping macaques at a temple in Phetchaburi" author(s) Thai PBS World accessed 2023-04-09
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2023-04-07: "Saisie de 446 singes : Shafeek Jhummun adresse une mise en demeure à l'Agro-industrie" Patrick Hilbert Defimedia.info accessed 2023-04-08
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2023-04-06: "Surexploitation des singes : des explications réclamées au ministre Maneesh Gobin par l'United Hindu Council" Radio One accessed 2023-04-07
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2023-04-06: "Enquête sur la capture illégale de singes: comment Jhummun a pu opérer sans permis" Shelly Carpayen lexpress.mu accessed 2023-04-06
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2023-04-05: "Cambodia sells research monkeys to the world. It's not all legal, US says." Jack Adamović Davies RFA accessed 2023-04-08
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2023-04-03: "Élevage de primates – Radhakrishna Veerapa : « Les singes sont on hold, pending decision »" lemauricien.com accessed 2023-04-03
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2023-04-02: "Koalisi Monyet Ekor Panjang: Monyet Liar di Indonesia Ditangkap dan Diekspor tanpa NDF" Amelia Rahima Sari tempo.co accessed 2023-04-02
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2023-03-31: "Action for Primates réclame la libération des 440 singes saisis" Patrick Hilbert Defimedia.info accessed 2023-03-31
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2023-03-30: "Call on Mauritius government to return 440 monkeys to the wild" Tatiana Rokou TravelDailyNews accessed 2023-03-30
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2023-03-28: "Ferme illégale - 440 singes capturés à JinFei : casse-tête pour l'Agro-industrie" Patrick Hilbert Defimedia.info accessed 2023-03-29
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2023-03-25: "Radhakrishna Veerapa: «Les 440 singes ne pourront jamais être exportés...»" Shelly Carpayen lexpress.mu accessed 2023-03-27
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2023-03-22: "Élevage illégal de singes : "Action for Primates" monte au créneau" Jane Chamroo Defimedia.info accessed 2023-03-26
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2023-03-20: "Fate of 1,000 trafficked lab monkeys at center of US investigation in limbo" Claire Colley and Sophie Kevany The Guardian accessed 2023-03-21
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2023-03-20: "Trafic illégale de singes à Jin-Fei : le directeur d'une compagnie arrêté puis relâché sur parole" Top FM accessed 2023-03-21
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2023-03-20: "À destination des laboratoires en 2022 : Maurice génère Rs 2.1 milliard pour l'exportation de 12,000 macaques" lemauricien.com accessed 2023-03-21
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2023-03-20: "Trafic à Jin Fei: les singes maintenus dans des conditions barbares" Narain Jasodanand lexpress.mu accessed 2023-03-20
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2023-03-19: "250 singes dans un bâtiment à Jin Fei : le directeur d'une compagnie interpellé" Defimedia.info accessed 2023-03-20
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2023-03-18: "Row erupts over 1,000 lab-test monkeys that may be killed or returned 'to be trafficked again'" Jane Dalton Independent accessed 2023-03-19
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2023-03-10: "Feeding monkeys could land you in jail for 3 yrs" Munieshwer A Sagar The Times of India accessed 2023-03-10
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2023-03-08: "17 exotic wildlife species, smuggled through Myanmar, rescued in Mizoram: Police" Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha Hindustan Times accessed 2023-03-11
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2023-03-08: "You Can No Longer Own Kangaroos, Baboons or Wolf Hybrids in Loudoun County" Matthew Stabley 4 Washington accessed 2023-03-11
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2023-03-08: "Alishan Macaques Cause Mischief" ICRT accessed 2023-03-10
2023-03-07: "HelloFresh drops Thai coconut milk after Peta monkey labour campaign" Rebecca Ratcliffe The Guardian accessed 2023-03-11
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2023-03-07: "Horrific cruelty – legal trade and lack of protection are decimating South Africa's primates" Don Pinnock Daily Maverick accessed 2023-03-08
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2023-03-06: "Macaques bound for China found stuffed in smugglers' cages" Prasit Tangprasert Bangkok Post accessed 2023-03-07
2023-03-04: "11 Baby Monkeys Seized at Gürbulak Customs Gate" Railly News accessed 2023-03-06
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2023-03-02: "Sint Maarten Plans to Kill Entire Population of Monkeys" Sarah Kite OneGreenPlanet accessed 2023-03-02
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2023-03-01: "How a Cambodian monkey-smuggling ring could worsen U.S. lab shortages" Carolyn Y. Johnson and Daniel GilbertThe Washington Post accessed 2023-03-02
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2023-02-26: "Thailand's missing monkeys: why did hundreds of rhesus macaques vanish from a temple?" Rebecca Ratcliffe The Guardian accessed 2023-02-26
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2023-02-24: "Angkor monkey filming sparks row" Torn Vibol Khmer Times accessed 2023-02-24
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2023-02-24: "ANA warns of monkey business in Angkor" Long Kimmarita The Phnom Penh Post accessed 2023-02-24
2023-02-17: "Two monkey catchers caught with nine primates and hunting gear" Thai PBS World accessed 2023-02-18
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2023-02-17: "Monkeys still being chased, filmed, and harassed in Angkor Wat" Vicky Karantzavelou TravelDailyNews accessed 2023-02-17
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2023-02-16: "Monkey Abuse: Macaques Still Being Chased and Harassed in Angkor Wat" CNE Admin Cambodia News English accessed 2023-02-17
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2023-02-16: "'Monkeys at Angkor Wat continue to be harassed for social media videos' says disturbing new report" Khmer Times accessed 2023-02-17
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2023-02-14: "This Caribbean Island Has A Monkey Problem, And The Plan Is To Kill Them All. But Here's Another Idea" Will McGough Forbes accessed 2023-02-17
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2023-02-10: "St Kitts to deploy 500 monkey traps throughout island" Loop News accessed 2023-02-13
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2023-02-09: "Kelakuan Pemerintah dan Industri Vaksin Buat Monyet Terancam Punah | Buka Mata" Narasi Newsroom accessed 2023-02-09
2023-01-??: "Monkeys in central Thailand being trafficked abroad" Petch Petpailin Thaiger accessed 2023-02-14
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2023-01-18: "1.000 Ekor Monyet Akhirnya Gagal Diekspor" Arifa Radhiyya Gardaanimalia.com accessed 2023-02-08
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2023-01-24: "Primate protection group appeals to Governor Baly to abandon plans to kill monkeys on Sint Maarten" Tatiana Rokou TravelDailyNews International accessed 2023-01-24
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2023-01-18: "Sint Maarten approves plan to destroy entire population of vervet monkeys" Rebecca Bird The Guardian accessed 2023-01-19
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2023-01-12: "Flora and fauna of Great Nicobar in great peril" Ishika Ramakrishna Frontline accessed 2023-01-15
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2023-01-08: "Revealed: US allowing long-tailed macaque imports despite risk of disease" Claire Colley The Guardian accessed 2023-01-08
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2023-01-04: "Rubber plantations in Tripura affecting monkeys, vegetation, suggests paper" Nandita Banerji DTE accessed 2023-01-06
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