No more monkey business: Lab macaques find new Texas home
Once used for medical experimentation, 55-monkeys now have a new home.
The four to six- year-old Java macaque monkeys were packed up into crates on Thursday destined for the likes of New Castle, Oklahoma and South Texas.
Saturday 25 of those long tailed monkeys arrived at the Primarily Primates reserve near Leon Springs.
The monkeys had been housed in the Aniclin Preclinical Services lab owned by Azopharma until the lab went into receivership and a court ordered the monkeys released to sanctuaries.
“It’s an extraordinary rescue situation with many young primates, multiple destinations, unprecedented collaborations, and new enclosures being built and fitted quickly at four sites,” said Priscilla Feral, president of Primarily Primates. “We call it Operation Monkey Trek.”
Next, 15 of the monkeys will be delivered to Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary in Dilley, Texas.
A team of volunteers and vets checked out each monkey before releasing them into their new homes.
Our Compass 
Who is going to rescue these anials from Primarily Primates?! This so-called ‘rescue’ has had an extremely troubled past, with a verified history of neglect and abuse. I’m happy the monkeys have been pulled from the laboratory, but I fear for their very safety here.
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Hi, Deb, do you have any current, relevant information? I found information that indicated it was under new custodianship as the result of the history, do you have a link or source that establishes current neglect? Thank you.
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ALL ANIMAL LOVERS MUST STICK TOGETHER AND REALLY KEEP ON PUSHING FOR BETTER CARE FOR OUR PRIMATE FRIENDS TO KEEP READING ABOUT ABUSE TO THESE POOR CREATURES IS JUST UTTERLY DISGUSTING WHAT MAN KIND IS CAPABLE OF SO SAD
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