Tell These Airlines to Stop Shipping Animals to Laboratories

Every year, tens of thousands of monkeys are abducted from their homes in countries such as Mauritius and crammed into crates bound for laboratories. Dogs are bred on factory farms before they’re separated from their mothers and forced into cargo holds destined for the same location. Upon reaching their destination, these animals are tortured, poisoned, and subjected to other excruciating experiments before ultimately being killed.

Animals suffer when subjected to stressful long, gruelling journeys in the cargo holds of planes. During transport, they’re more likely to spread deadly zoonotic pathogens.

Nearly every major airline in the world refuses to ship sentient beings to laboratories. Yet EGYPTAIR, Scandinavian Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and SkyTaxi continue to profit from this cruel industry.

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Adamu Tedele

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Dear {contact_data~title} {contact_data~lastName}:

I just discovered Ethiopian Airlines is tied to sky-high cruelty. Horrifyingly, your company shipped thousands of monkeys to their deaths in laboratories.

I strongly urge you to ban the transport of all monkeys destined for laboratories and laboratory suppliers. Monkeys suffer from being subjected to stressful, long, gruelling journeys in the cargo holds of planes, and during transport, they’re more likely to shed deadly zoonotic pathogens. Nearly every major airline in the world refuses to ship these sensitive individuals to laboratories. Africa’s largest airline has fallen behind the curve by aiding the callous and archaic animal experimentation industry.

Monkeys carry dangerous diseases, including tuberculosis, that can easily be transmitted to humans. Numerous Ethiopian Airlines shipments have included monkeys sourced from Mauritius, where tuberculosis outbreaks on monkey-breeding farms are well documented. This represents a grave threat to the health and safety of the public, including your flight and ground crews.

The monkeys Ethiopian Airlines transports, long-tailed macaques, are classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as an endangered species. Importers and laboratory suppliers that have done business with Ethiopian Airlines are currently under investigation for possible violations of monkey-importation laws.

In light of these facts, please use your position within the company to end all monkey shipments immediately.

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