Animal Welfare Network Nepal Fwd: To Mr Wijnstekers and Sellar

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Whoa, now wait a minute here. It was the local CITES rep that got this all

started in the first place. What kinda crap is this? If the ³Convention²

allows for the export of ³this species² of monkey to US Labs for dissection

and torture, then what good is it? Somebody should look closely at a

convention that has that kinda loophole. This all looks like the familiar

African Ivory doublespeak that comes outta CITES, and all should be aware of

this donkey dung and let them know about it.

Jigs in Nepal

 

On 1/30/09 2:58 PM, " Lucia De Vries " <luciadevries wrote:

 

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> John SELLAR <John.Sellar

> Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:49 PM

> Re: To Mr Wijnstekers and Sellar

> stopmonkeybusiness

> Cc: willem.wijnstekers

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> Dear Manoj Gautam and Pramada Shah,

>

> Thank you for your letter regarding the export of monkeys from Nepal.

>

> This appears to be primarily a matter of domestic policy for the Government of

> Nepal, since this species of monkey can be traded internationally if the

> provisions of the Convention are complied with. It is not clear from your

> letter what aspect of the Convention is not being complied with.

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> However, we are sending a copy of your letter to the CITES authorities in

> Nepal for their comments. We are, of course, anxious to ensure that CITES is

> not being violated.

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> Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.

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> Yours sincerely,

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> John M. Sellar

> Senior Officer/Chargé/Oficial Superior

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> SMB Coalition <stopmonkeybusiness 01/30/2009 07:50 AM

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> willem.wijnstekers, john.sellar

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> To Mr Wijnstekers and Sellar

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> Dear Mr Wijnstekers and Sellar,

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> We, a coalition of animal welfare and animal rights organisations from Nepal,

> are very concerned about the planned export of rhesus monkeys from our country

> to US biomedical primate research centers. We request you to investigate this

> matter and hold our government, a CITES signatory, accountable.

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> Please find our communication attached.

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> On behalf of Animal Welfare Network Nepal and Stop Monkey Business Campaign,

>

> Manoj Gautam

> Pramada Shah

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> -- Paul Reitman, CEO

> Phoenix Studios Nepal

> Mobile: 9841589797

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> www.phoenixstudios.com.np/corporate

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