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To the surprise and shock of everyone who protested the Nepal 'monkey business' during the past five years, The Himalayan Times on November 18 announced that soon 25 monkeys from the Lele breeding centre will be send to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in Texas. A Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation member stated that, "[m]onkeys born in the centre are their personal property. We cannot oppose experiments on them".

This completely contradicts an earlier announcement by the Department. In a letter to diplomatic missions written in August the Department stated it would not allow monkeys to be exported for biomedical research.

The coalition will oppose the shipment both in Nepal and overseas. Letters have been send to the President and Prime Minister, as well as the airlines. A demonstration will be organized in front of the government office, and a press conference will be called. We will NOT allow innocent living beings to undergo terrible suffering in US labs!

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