RE: Asian primate traffickers

[Guest guest]

Hi Shirley,

 

 

 

The Thai government has issued a statement this week that 56 kinds of wild

animal species can be bred for commercial use within this year. The project

is one of Dr Schwann Tunhikorn, who retired in the last quarter of 2006 from

the Department of National parks and is now an advisor to the minister of

Natural Resources and Environment, he says that the commercial breeding is

common in all countries and Thailand should follow. The pig-tailed macaque

and long tail macaques are two of the species brought up for commercial

breeding and export. Unless we campaign strongly against this, Thailand will

be on next year's list as well.

 

 

 

The US army does tests on macaques in Thailand in a closed facility in

Chonburi; we cannot get any info on this within Thailand unfortunately. We

can only imagine what horror goes on in there.

 

 

 

 

 

Edwin Wiek

 

WFFT Thailand

 

 

 

 

 

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aapn [aapn ] On Behalf Of

Shirley McGreal

Friday, 09 March, 2007 08:45

AAPN List

Asian primate traffickers

 

 

 

Here is a list of the top Asian exporters of monkeys to the United

States for the year 2006. The information was provided to IPPL by the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Of course, many other countries

import monkeys and some slip through the record-keeping. Most of the

monkeys are crab-eating macaques. This species may be doomed if

wholesale trade predation is not controlled. Some U.S. and European

users are exporting their research to foreign countries with relaxed

or no animal protection laws or enforcement. Such as two U.S. labs

which are setting up branches in Nepal. Unfortunately many of these

monkeys will already have been killed in bio-warfare or infectious

disease experiments. Total primate imports to the United States in

2006 was 26,338.

 

IPPL would be pleased to receive any information regarding any of

these companies. Does anyone have similar statistics for other countries?

 

GUANGONG SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND MATERIALS, China, 5494 monkeys

VANNY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY GROUP, Vietnam, 2636

CHINA NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS & MATERIALS I/E CORP JEFFREY

ROSENBERG, China, 2146

BIOCULTURE MAURITIUS LTD., 2141

NOVEPRIME LTD, Mauritius, 2050

GOLDEN CHINA GROUP LTD ZHENG ZHI MING, Cambodia, 1912

NAFOVANNY, Vietnam, 960

BEIJING SUN-RISING TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD HSU, China, 868

GUANGZHOU JUM-FOO TRADING JUM FOO, China, 664

KF (CAMBODIA) LTD HSU, Cambodia, 620

BEJING PULIYUAN TRADING LTD MAXIUZHEN, China, 600

WING FREIGHT AGENT LTD ZHANG TAO, China, 600

GUANGXI WEIMEI BIO-TECH CO., LTD ZHANG TAO, China, 600

PT WANARA SATWALOKA, Indonesia, 475

GAOYAO KANGDA LABORATORY, China, 444

LABSINDO CV SHANTI DARSONO, Indonesia, 438

HAINAN JINGANG LABORATORY ANIMAL CO LTD, China, 390

SCIENTIFIC PRIMATES FILIPINAS, INC. VALLESTERO, Philippines, 368

SNBL ASIA LTD BRUCE, China, 350

 

Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman

International Primate Protection League

POB 766, Summerville SC 29484-0766, USA

Ph. 843-871-2280 Fax. 843-871-7988

E-mail: smcgreal (AT) ippl (DOT) <smcgreal%40ippl.org> org, Website

www.ippl.org

 

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a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,

thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW.... WHAT A

RIDE!!!! "

 

 

 

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