Shocking news
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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!
Partners in Stop Monkey Business Coalition
Local Partners
Jiggy Gaton/Lucia de Vries
Animal Nepal
Bagdol, Lalitpur
Phone: +977 98510-44033
animalnepal@hotmail.com, www.animalnepal.org
Mangal Man Shakya
Wildlife Watch Group
c/o Wise-use House, Jwagal, Kopundol –10, Lalitpur
Phone: +977 1-5550452, 5524188, 5011010
wwg@citesnepal.org, www.citesnepal.org
Ravi Sharma Aryal
Wildlife Action Group
20 Icchumati Road, Rudramati Marg
Kalopool, Kathmandu
Phone: +977 1-4421272, Fax: ++977-1-4421272
wildlifeactiongroup@yahoo.com,
www.wildlifenepal.org.np
Jan Salter
Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre
Chapali Gaon, Budhanilkanta
P O Box 13684, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +977 1-4373169
katcentre@wlink.com.np,
www.katcentre.org.np
Manoj Gautam
Roots & Shoots Nepal
Aloknagar, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu
scilab25@hotmail.com, www.rootsandshoots.org
International Partners
India
Anuradha Sawhney
PETA India
P.O. Box 28260
Juhu, Mumbai 400 049, India
Tel.: +91 22-2628-1880
Fax: +91 22-2628-1883
info@petaindia.org, www.petaindia.com
Germany
Georg Kloeble, Chairman
Wildlife Action Group International e.V.
Fuchsholz 1, D-83104 Tuntenhausen, Germany
info@wildlifeactiongroup.org, www.wildlifeactiongroup.org
Italy
Laboratorio Antispecista
via De Predis 9, 20155 Milano, Italy
info line: 340-6368139
laboratorioantispecista@yahoo.it
Belgium
Coalition Anti Vivisection Belgique & France
Postbus 46
9100 St. Niklaas, Belgium
info@contrevivisection.org, www.contrevivisection.org
Netherlands
Anti Dierproeven Coalitie
Postbus 3607
1001 AK Amsterdam, Netherlands,
info@stopdierproeven.org, www.stopdierproeven.org
Denmark
Anima
Peter Fabersgade 44
2200 Kobenhavn, Denmark
info@anima.dk, www.anima.dk
Shirley McGreal
International Primate Protection League
PO Box 766, Summerville, SC 29484, USA
Phone (843) 871-2280, Fax (843) 871-7988
info@ippl.org, www.ippl.org