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According to a leaked internal report from the Mauritius Society for Animal Welfare (MSAW), revealed in September 2025, domestic dogs and cats were transferred for experimental use between 2019–2020. This raises serious legal and ethical concerns, as Mauritian law prohibits experimentation on domestic animals and only permits animal research when it demonstrably benefits human or animal life.

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

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.

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.”