Action for Primates

News Media Articles Involving Non-human Primates 2025

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.

2025-03-28 : Gov. Tina Kotek presses OHSU to shutter primate research center —Kristine de Leon— OregonLive accessed 2025-03-29

2025-03-28 : Oregon Reps Pressure Regulatory Board to Consider Shutting Down OHSU Primate Center as Part of Legacy Approval —Anthony Effinger— Willamette Week accessed 2025-03-29

2025-03-27 : Monkeys riding dogs to be featured at Savannah Spring Fair —Camille Syed— WTOC 11 accessed 2025-03-28
No one should attend this fair as the use of monkeys constitutes animal cruelty.

2025-03-27 : Authorities take action in brutal killing of Raygun the baboon —Corné van Zyl— Caxton Network News accessed 2025-03-27

2025-03-25 : Customs busts exotic wildlife trafficking racket at Bengaluru Airport —S Lalitha— The New Indian Express accessed 2025-03-26

2025-03-21 : Indonesia busts grisly online trade in wildlife skulls Traffic accessed 2025-03-27

2025-03-20 : Monkeys choose babysitters based on who has more parenting experience —Sophie Berdugo— New Scientist accessed 2025-03-21

2025-03-20 : Missouri woman loses license to run roadside zoo after hiding a chimp in her basement —Jeremy D. Goodwin— St. Louis Public Radio accessed 2025-03-21

2025-03-19 : Great Nicobar Project Stands to 'Wreck' Ecosystem of Long-Tailed Macaque: Experts —The Wire Staff— The Wire accessed 2025-03-20

2025-03-15 : Monkey business: Zoo in China investigating after chimpanzee filmed smoking discarded cigarette butt —Sherlyn Sim— The Straits Times accessed 2025-03-17

2025-03-06 : Caribbean cruise port could ban popular activity —Matthew Frankel— TheStreet accessed 2025-03-08

2025-02-28 : Monkeys Infected With Transmissible Diseases are Trucked Across U.S —Lisa Jones-Engel— CounterPunch accessed 2025-03-10

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2025-02-27 : [First flight suspected of carrying monkeys to British labs] —Stewelderson Casimir— lexpress.mu accessed 2025-02-28

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2025-02-26 : [Monkey export: Mauritius under fire after new theft to British laboratories] —Zufarullah— Top FM accessed 2025-02-27

2025-02-22 : Ex-NIH Director Concealed Problems With 'Pointless' Baby Monkey Abuse Studies, Kept Funding Them Anyway —Emily Kopp— Tampa Free Press accessed 2025-02-24

2025-02-14 : Rising monkey encounters in Malaysian neighbourhoods: What's behind it and how to respond humanely —Arif Zikri— yahoo!news accessed 2025-02-15

2025-02-12 : Sun, sand and skulls: Bali tourism trade peddles threatened primate skulls —Spoorthy Raman— Mongabay accessed 2025-02-15

2025-02-10 : Baboon beaten and burnt to death by school children George Herald accessed 2025-02-13
Please sign and share petition about this: Hold Botleng Secondary School Accountable for the Brutal Killing of Raygun the Baboon

2025-02-12 : Care home residents go bananas over monkey visit —Kimberley Piper and Danny Fullbrook— BBC News accessed 2025-02-12
Putting monkeys and humans at risk as well as the inhumanity of captivity for the monkeys.

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2025-02-12: Primate advocate Sarah Kite: The impact of humans feeding monkeys at Angkor Wat —Hong Raksmey— The Phnom Penh Post accessed 2025-02-12

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2025-02-06: Animal rights groups concerned about Angkor human-monkey interactions —Hong Raksmey— The Phnom Penh Post accessed 2025-02-07

2025-02-05: Passenger from Malaysia caught trafficking 5 baby Siamang gibbons in hand bag at Mumbai airport —PTI— Deccan Herald accessed 2025-02-10

2025-01-28: Virginia Senate passes bill requiring animal testing facilities to send unneeded primates to sanctuaries —Joe Dodson— Courthouse News Service accessed 2025-02-03

2025-01-30: Alabama woman pleads guilty in monkey cruelty video network —Carlos Robles— BNO News accessed 2025-01-31

2025-01-23: Police seize orangutans, exotic animals —Apinya Wipatayotin— Bangkok Post accessed 2025-01-27

2025-01-22: Primate trade through Canada raises 'monkey-laundering' accusations —Abdul Matin Sarfraz— Canada's National Observer accessed 2025-01-23

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2025-01-18: [Abuse and wild monkeys: Novo's secret Mauritius connection] —Magnus Boding Hansen— Jyllands-Posten accessed 2025-01-19

2025-01-01: California Highway Patrol gets in some monkey business during routine stop —Christina Shaw— Fox News accessed 2025-01-02