Supplemental information for Wild-caught monkeys on St Kitts cruelly subjected to spinal cord injuries causing leg paralysis, published 27 April 2023

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  The Honourable Dr. Terrance M Drew <pmo@gov.kn>
  
  
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  St. Kitts & Nevis
  
  
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  The Honourable Dr. Terrance M Drew Prime Minister St. Kitts & Nevis Dear Prime Minister Drew: I am writing to strongly object to the way in which wild African green monkeys (vervets) are being treated on St. Kitts & Nevis. Not only are they exported to other countries to be used in research and testing that causes immense suffering and death, they are subjected to extremely inhumane research at St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation. For example, many dozens of these monkeys were subjected to cruel spinal cord injuries that resulted in substantial suffering and death (see reference below). Not only is such research immoral, it has no direct benefit to people and the resources used would be better applied to help people directly. I urge you to place an immediate ban on the capture and exportation of African green monkeys as well as ending their use in inhumane experiments on the island. Sincerely, Reference: Elezanumab, a human anti-RGMa monoclonal antibody, promotes neuroprotection, neuroplasticity, and neurorecovery following a thoracic hemicompression spinal cord injury in non-human primates (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105385)