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The Immense Suffering Behind Closed Doors = Serious Concerns for Mauritius

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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 get the picture...


News 3 Now, USA, published images and interviews with former student lab caretaker and Peta in which it is highlighted that the university has repeatedly been reported for animal welfare violations. 8 cases have already been filed in the past. Yet new cases come to light again and again.
News 3 Now, USA, published images and interviews with former student lab caretaker and Peta in which it is highlighted that the university has repeatedly been reported for animal welfare violations. 8 cases have already been filed in the past. Yet new cases come to light again and again.
In the interview with American Channel 3000, a student caretaker states she was horrified by the conditions at the university laboratory and the injuries monkeys suffered
In the interview with American Channel 3000, a student caretaker states she was horrified by the conditions at the university laboratory and the injuries monkeys suffered

View the full video aired on Channel 3000 'News 3 Now' here : https://www.facebook.com/reel/1763208898192330



The India based Palamur Biosciences contract laboratory has been reported for disturbing animal welfare violations and abuse by lab workers. In October 2024 Peta India filed a complaint with the authorities for the likely unauthorized testing on Rhesus macaques and whistelblowers came forward with deeply disturbing testimonies... watch the clip to find out more.


Toxicity.inc has revealed shocking images of the cruelty and suffering of various animal species including macaques in toxicity research. The Daily Mirror UK and many other news outlets have published some of the horrifying images.




Peta released horrifying undercover reports on how miserable and cruel life is for monkeys and other animals in labs:





The German undercover investigation into the Max Plank Institute by Soko Tierschutz shocked viewers already 10 years ago - watch it on youtube:



How does all this concern Mauritius?

1) The fate of the Mauritian macaques and their welfare, even when exported, is and must be of our concern. In the early stages of the primate business the Mauritian government itself had imposed the condition - its primates could not be used for “any vivisection subjecting the animal to intense stress or torture” - in 1997 in a clause of a trade agreement signed between a Mauritian exporter and an American distributor.

What has become of these restrictions since then, and whether they were renewed or abandoned in subsequent contracts, remains unanswered by public authorities to this day.


2) Mauritius building a Biopharmaceutical Framework to promote local research activities with the installation of international partner contract research laboratories is highly concerning due to the total lack of an animal welfare framework and complete lack of transparency in the sector.


2022 - 2023: The Biopharmaceutical Framework for Mauritius (MAU 008)* was published, establishing Palamur Biosciences as one of the international partners to help build Mauritius' pharmaceutical and biomedical ecosystem. Specifically, the report recommends that the Mauritius Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) establish partnerships with Palamur Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad.


2019-2020: The international contract research organization Clinglobal with office in Black River, Mauritiius and a laboratory within one of the local primate farms of the area, has reportedly used hundreds of dogs and cats, taken from the MSAW (the Mauritius Society for Animal Welfare) pound, for parasite testing despite the Mauritian law prohibiting tests on companion animals. The case made public in September 2025 (see our article here), has to date not been resolved. No official statement by the authorities has been made in regards to whether the investigation has been launched. On the contrary Dr. Arvin Boolell the minister in charge in a parliamentary question addressing the subject of these serious allegations, stated he wasn't aware of any adverse report.


https://video.wixstatic.com/video/5d849f_4bbee427342b4ac8b561e1b4e1b238c2/480p/mp4/file.mp4
Dr. Arvin Boolell's response to Parliamentary Question regarding the serious allegations of hundreds of dogs and cats taken from MSAW and used by contract research laboratory in Mauritius.

The American laboratory Charles River has acquired a 90% stake in Noveprim, one of the largest macaque breeding facilities in Mauritius.


Biolink, a shareholder in Noveprim, has reportedly presented a project to the Mauritian government involving the breeding, research, and export of bats.


In the appendices to the 2026–2027 Budget, Mauritius is offering a Golden Visa to investors in the biotechnology sector.


Posted on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Mauritius: an eight-year tax exemption to attract American biotechnology companies. For a country that already struggles to apply its animal welfare laws within the societal context - mostly highlighted by the immense cases of companion animal abandonment and violations from lack of adequate care over back yard breeding and chaining to physical abuse and more -, the obscure state of affairs regarding animal experimentation laboratories in Mauritius raises serious animal welfare concerns.



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