Stunning Montreal Gazette frontpage on call to end primate imports for testing — Nov 13, ’24

Canadians:

I am so sorry I missed sending yesterday a stunning story on the front page of the Montreal Gazette, but it is definitely not too late to respond with a quick appreciative letter that speaks for animals!

I have shared a print out of it here on the DawnWatch Facebook page and here on the DawnWatch X page so you can see how incredible it looked.

Titled, “Researchers beg Canada to stop importing monkeys for experimentation,” the lengthy article, by Michelle Lalonde, opened with:

“As a plane carrying hundreds of live, long-tailed macaque monkeys made its way from Cambodia to Montreal’s Mirabel Airport Friday, thousands of emails from concerned Canadians landed in the inbox of federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault calling for an end to the importation of these endangered primates for biomedical experimentation.

“On Thursday, Guilbeault, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier François Legault received copies of a letter signed by 80 Canadian university professors, researchers and clinicians demanding an end to what they called ‘illegal charter flights’ bringing macaques from Cambodia to Montreal organized by Charles River Laboratories (CRL).

“CRL is a Wilmington, Mass.-based company that provides services – and macaque monkeys by the thousands – to laboratories around the world.

We read, “PETA is concerned about the humane treatment and long-term survival of these endangered monkeys, but researchers and some Canadian politicians are also worried about any threat they might pose to public health.”

Please check out the fabulous coverage, and at the very least send the paper a quick note of thanks, to letters@montrealgazette.com

Yours and all animals’,
Karen Dawn of DawnWatch