EL AL Israel Airlines stops transporting monkeys for research

The BUAV welcomes the decision made by EL AL Israel Airlines to stop transporting primates destined for the research industry

19/10/2010

Thanks to the BUAV's international campaign to stop airlines transporting monkeys destined for research, many of the world's major carriers are now no longer involved in this cruel trade. EL AL will now join the BUAV's growing list of airlines that refuse to be associated with the primate trade.

The BUAV and the Israel animal group, Behind Closed Doors, have worked together to achieve this important development. For many years EL AL Airlines has been a key transporter of primates because of Mazor Farm (BFC Israel), a company based in Israel that breeds and supplies long-tailed macaques for the international research industry, including the UK...

Source: EL AL Israel Airlines stops transporting monkeys for research
Author: BUAV

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