Following intense campaigns by PETA and its international affiliates,
which included more than 100,000 calls and e-mails from compassionate people,
China Southern Airlines announced in an e-mail to PETA U.S. that
it will "stop transporting live primates for laboratory experiments on all flights"—effective immediately!Prior to this announcement, China Southern was the only airline in China—
and the only major carrier in the world other than Air France—still shipping primates to laboratories.
Records show that in 2013, China Southern shipped more than 2,500 monkeys to laboratories in the U.S.,
where they were poisoned, infected, crippled, and mutilated in cruel experiments.
In the last few weeks, PETA held protests against China Southern in Taiwan, Thailand,
Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. And because of the huge response
from supporters across Asia and Australia, some people had to wait 30 minutes or more
to speak to the airline and let it know that shipping animals was unacceptable.
China Southern joins the growing list of airlines—including Air China, China Eastern Airlines,
Vietnam Airlines, Philippine Airlines, and United Airlines—that PETA and their affiliates
have convinced to stop supporting this bloody trade. Air France is now the only major airline left
that is willing to ship monkeys, so it will be extremely difficult and expensive for experimenters
to get their hands on monkeys to torment. This means that more primates will remain in the wild
with their families instead of being trapped and imprisoned at decrepit breeding farms and terrifying laboratories.
Thanks to each and every one who helped make this victory possible.
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