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Primate Shipments
Despite the growing number of airlines that have taken a stance against transporting primates, there are a small number that continue to play a part in this cruel trade. Recent BUAV investigations have obtained the latest information on shipments of primates transported for the research industry by the following airlines during 2009-2011:
Air Canada
48 long-tailed macaques from China to Canada on 23rd January 2011
Air China
120 long-tailed macaques from China to the USA on 25th May 2010
Air France
120 long-tailed macaques from Vietnam to the USA on 12th May 2011
100 long-tailed macaques from Vietnam to France on 9th March 2011
104 long-tailed macaques from Mauritius to the USA on 8th April 2010
American Airlines
20 night monkeys from Peru to the USA on 23rd June 2009
China Eastern Airlines
110 long-tailed macaques from China to the USA on 8th January 2010
40 Rhesus macaques from China to the USA on 9th March 2011
70 long-tailed macaques from China to the USA on 12th April 2011
China Southern Airlines
120 long-tailed macaques from Indonesia to the USA on 19th March 2010
120 long-tailed macaques from Cambodia to the USA on 23rd May 2010
120 long-tailed macaques from China to the USA on 1st February 2011
120 long-tailed macaques from Vietnam to the USA on 18th February 2011
120 long-tailed macaques from China to the USA on 9th March 2011
180 long-tailed macaques from China to the USA on 16th March 2011
180 long-tailed macaques from China to the USA on 23rd March 2011
240 long-tailed macaques from Cambodia to the USA on 24th May 2011
Philippine Airlines
100 pig-tailed macaques from Indonesia to the USA on 30th January 2010
100 long-tailed macaques from Indonesia to the USA on 14th May 2011
TAM Airlines
11 marmosets from Brazil to the USA on 1st April 2011
Vietnam Airways
80 long-tailed macaques from Vietnam to France (destined for the UK) on 1st February 2011
50 long-tailed macaques from Vietnam to Japan on 10th November 2010
60 long-tailed macaques from Vietnam destined for the UK on 7th September 2009
YOU CAN HELP
Please write to the above airlines to ask them to stop participating in the cruel primate trade.