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.

2025-02-14 : 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 09:20:56
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 Raksmey, Hong The Phnom Penh Post accessed 2025-02-12

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2025-02-06: Animal rights groups concerned about Angkor human-monkey interactions Raksmey, Hong 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 Robles, Carlos 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] author(s) 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