Animal rights advocates are hoping a recent recommendation by the secretariat of an international trade agreement will push the Canadian government to halt imports of endangered monkeys from Cambodia to Canada for use in medical and pharmaceutical research.
Thousands of live long-tailed macaques have been imported into Canada from Cambodia since early 2023, with many going to facilities owned by Charles River Laboratories in Quebec. Charles River is one of the world’s largest suppliers of what the industry refers to as “non-human primates” for research. The company is based in Wilmington, Mass., but has several facilities in Quebec, including a 530,000-square-foot preclinical facility in Senneville, on the western tip of Montreal Island.
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