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The information below and opportunity to take action comes from the Animal Alliance of Canada. It only takes a moment to send a pre-written letter to the Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change on this issue! Canada is the number one global destination for these monkeys that often end up in research labs.

On January 14th, 2025, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat announced that it has recommended that all member countries suspend trade of endangered long-tailed macaques from Cambodia!  

Since August 2024, together with our international partners, we repeatedly alerted the CITES Secretariat that Cambodian-origin macaques were being imported into Canada for use in experimentation in apparent violation of national laws and international guidelines.  

Canada is the number one global destination for these monkeys —monkeys who are currently at the center of an international investigation into the alleged trafficking of wild-caught primates. 

CITES Secretariat’s recommendation will be voted on by the CITES Standing Committee next month!

Ways You Can Help: 
 
Send an Email & Urge Canadian Officials to Immediately Suspend the Importation of Long-Tailed Macaques! 

Send an email to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada and urge him to stop the importation of endangered long-tailed macaques into Canada.  
 
We have a pre-written email on our website and encourage you to add in your own respectful comments.  
 
Click here to act now by sending a letter: https://www.animalalliance.ca/help-cambodian-macaques

Thank you!