Repeated violations of Animal Welfare Laws reported from major contract research laboratories and universities raise serious concerns for Mauritius Mauritius is now the biggest exporter of non-human primates to research corporations across Europe and the USA. The macaques captured and breed for the commercial exploitation in research reportedly have no protection from repeated abuse and unnecessary suffering in those laboratories. Here are a few images and links for you to g

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.