Background
In July 2007 Malaysia announced it had lifted its long standing ban on the export of primates for laboratory research. The ban on export had reportedly been lifted because of increasing ‘conflicts’ between the monkeys and people in urban areas. At the same time, a BUAV investigation revealed new evidence of monkey suffering at a holding facility in Malaysia where captured wild monkeys were kept in poor conditions.
The film shows a rundown facility containing hundreds of wild monkeys packed into wire mesh cages. The investigation revealed the monkeys had been caught using crudely made traps that were found on site. These cruel and unnatural conditions are extremely stressful for wild animals and lead to disease and injuries; indeed, dead monkeys were found on the cage floors.
