Introduction
The BUAV has led the campaign to end the international trade in non-human primates for research. Since beginning the campaign in 1992, the BUAV has been a major force in taking on primate dealers, governments and research laboratories, striking at the very heart of the primate research industry.
To expose the reality of life for these animals, we have carried out daring and hard hitting investigations that demonstrate the inherent cruelty and suffering inflicted on nonhuman primates in the chain of suffering from the trapping fields to the laboratory.
The investigations received international media and public attention.
Such high profile exposes have helped us educate the public, corporate bodies and governments on the moral and scientific arguments against the use of primates in research. The effects of our work have been widespread as governments and corporate bodies around the world have found themselves under increasing pressure to take action. Furthermore, the ethics of using primates in research is being raised internationally.
The BUAV has achieved many successes. However, there is still much to do to ensure that primates are able to regain their paradise lost.
