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BREAKING: Mauritius Faces Global Outrage Over Exploitation of Endangered Monkeys
Over 200 conservation and animal welfare organizations worldwide urged the Mauritian government to end all wild captures and exports of macaques and adopt humane, science-based management strategies to address human-monkey conflicts.
The AfA coalition highlights a serious breach of CITES obligations, noting that Mauritius has failed to conduct Non-Detriment Findings, essential assessments required for the export of CITES-listed species to ensure that trade does not endanger
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Mauritius Cats & Dogs Not Safe from Lab Experiments !
The leak about Clinglobal’s testing on cats & dogs should alarm everyone who cares about legal fairness, empathy!
Government officials are pushing to develop Mauritius as a science & medical research hub and are talking about amending the Animal Welfare Act. - There is real concern that these amendments are not intended to tighten protections, but rather to legalize broader and more invasive animal testing.
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Alarm in Mauritius: Animal Experiments Confirmed, Loopholes Looming in Welfare Law
Mauritius has long been under scrutiny for its role in the international primate trade, exporting thousands of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) to laboratories worldwide. But a new development has raised fresh alarm: the Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Safety, in a recent interview, confirmed that animal experiments are already being carried out in Mauritius, and that amendments to the Animal Welfare Act will be made “where necessary.”
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