Did you know that primates are bred for use in Australian research?
Help to honour us with names
Hundreds of us live for decades inside of cages in Australian research institutions. We were born there and we die there. Sometimes from old age, but often through the cruel experiments that we endure over the course of our lifetimes. We didn’t choose that life for ourselves and we didn’t sacrifice our lives willingly for research either. We are not “heroes” who “sacrifice ourselves for the greater good”.
Our lives meant something. We should be remembered! So we ask you to please give us the dignity of a name.
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100’s of #primates are born and die in lab in #Australia. They endure cruel #experiments throughout their lives with little benefit to human #health. Share their stories and honour them with a name #HonourMeWithAName #BanPrimateExperiments @animalfreesci https://bit.ly/PleaseHonourMeWithAName
Myself and 100’s of other monkeys incl. #macaques #marmosets #baboons are born and die for #Australian #research. We’re known only ID numbers and we’ve never known love. Please share our stories! #HonourMeWithAName #BanPrimateExperiments @animalfreesci bit.ly/PleaseHonourMe
*Please note that the images used in our campaign are stock images licensed via Canva and Getty Images and are indicative of species and approximate age of individual animals.
Choose from three sponsorship packages
Many of these primates: pig-tailed macaques, baboons, night monkeys and marmosets are given names by the animal technicians and researchers who monitor them. Still – many others remained nameless throughout their lives. Known only by an ID number instead of a name.
Your contribution to naming them is deeply meaningful. It means that despite them living and dying without a name, you give them one. You honour and remember them. You give them the dignity and respect they lacked during their life of incarceration.
Bronze
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Personalised online or printed certificate
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Maurice the monkey: toy gibbon
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Social media shout-out (optional)
Silver
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Personalised online or printed certificate
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Maurice the monkey: toy gibbon
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Social media shout-out (optional)
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Phone call thank you (optional)
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Personalised poster with animal story
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Personal thank you on the website
Gold
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Personalised online or printed certificate
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Maurice the monkey: toy gibbon
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Social media shout-out (optional)
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Phone call thank you (optional)
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Personalised poster with animal story
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Personal thank you on the website
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AFSA marmoset T-shirt
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Behind-the-scenes tour of Banana Cabana primate sanctuary in Sydney (tour only, travel not included)
Diamond Corporate Package
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Personalised online or printed certificate
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Maurice the monkey: toy gibbon
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Social media shout-out (optional)
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Presentation to your company team (optional)
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Personalised poster with animal story
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Feature your logo on our website (subject to approval)
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Behind-the-scenes tour of Banana Cabana primate sanctuary in Sydney (tour only, travel not included)
All will be born and die in a cage
Despite efforts to make their lives in cages more comfortable – all of these primates will live out their lives in unnatural conditions, often separated from their familial group or mother from a young age.
The majority will endure painful procedures, often repeatedly, over many years. Then they are killed. No primates (as far as we are aware) are relocated to an animal sanctuary following being used in cruel experiments. All will be born and die in a cage.
Fast facts you should know
There are many challenges to knowing exactly how many small primates are being used currently in Australian research. This is due to a lack of transparency. Given these limitations, this is what we currently know:
- Macaques are kept in lab cages millions of times smaller than their natural home range. Source: Lahvis GP. Unbridle biomedical research from the laboratory cage. Elife. 2017;6:e27438. Published 2017 Jun 29. doi:10.7554/eLife.27438
- There’s three primate breeding facilities in Australia: Macaques, marmosets and baboons are bred there.
- Primates are used in neurology, HIV, diabetes and vision research. Much of this is NHMRC funded. Tell the NHMRC you DO NOT WANT to fund primate research.
- Hundreds of primates have come from these facilities and been used in Australian research over decades.
- 109,581 people signed a petition in 2022 calling for a ban on primate experimentation. This was tabled in the Australian Senate.
Many scientists and experts call for a swift end to experiments on primates
Help us to end the cruel and unecessary use of primates in Australian science
Primate Experiment Resources
Discover resources such as videos, articles and podcasts about current research on primates both in Australia and worldwide.
Ending Primate Research
Learn more about the primate testing industry in Australia and how you can take action to help end primate experimentation in Australia
What do experts say about primate use?
Dr Jane Goodall, Dr Garet Lahvis, Sir David Attenborough and others weigh in with their views on the harms of using primates in research.
Primate Case Studies
The amazing folks at Animal Kind Australia shared out our campaign in Brisbane
To raise awareness for World Day for Animals in Labs, the amazing volunteer team behind Animal Kind Australia (formerly Animal Liberation Queensland) took to the streets of Brisbane to share out our pamphlets and stickers and share the message of our #HonourMeWithAName campaign to the public. If you are planning to do any street-based advocacy on behalf of animals in labs, please get in touch with us as we may be able to help you. Learn how you can take action by sharing out our resources and raising awareness of our campaign to #BanPrimateExperiments #HonourMeWithAName. Find out more.