Animal-Free Science Advocacy (AFSA) is calling on the public to support Australian Parliament e-petition EN8985, titled “Allow Primates in Research the Same Protections as Great Apes.” The petition is listed on the Australian Parliament e-petitions website and seeks to extend stronger ethical protections to all non-human primates used in research.
Many people are unaware that primate experimentation is still being conducted in Australia. Here, we continue our series of snapshots of current experiments being conducted in Australia. A (2024) publication (1) has revealed invasive procedures carried out on macaques at Monash University, Australia. The study subjected, intelligent monkeys to invasive
Documentation obtained by Animal-Free Science Advocacy (AFSA) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) has identified an unexpected death of a macaque via strangulation, the holding of macaques significantly beyond the approved holding time, and deviations from approved protocols. The redacted project reporting documentation relate to a project investigating
Learn what highly-esteemed global experts in the fields of neuroscience, animal welfare, conservation, primatology and pharmacology have to say about primate experiments. These experts not only oppose them on ethical and moral grounds, but further explain how the majority of experiments on primates contribute very little towards advancing health outcomes
The Reality Every year, hundreds of Australian macaques, marmosets, baboons, and night monkeys are confined to laboratories. They are caged, subjected to invasive procedures, and almost always killed once the experiment ends. Most Australians don’t support primate experiments and over 100,000 citizens have already called for a ban. There is
Halfway down a quiet tree-lined Lawless Road in Churchill, Victoria, there is a large primate breeding and research facility. Although, aside from those who work there, the existence of this place remains largely a mystery. The facility’s location is not public knowledge. The gates are high – perhaps to keep
Cover Image: A macaque is kept in a cage by Mumememories for Getty Images Signature. Horrifying deaths uncovered via Freedom of Information disclosures to AFSA Between 2018 and 2022, the unexpected deaths of five macaques at a Gippsland breeding and research facility were reported in incident reports obtained by Animal-Free
In the face of growing calls for stricter laws to protect animals in Australian research, the claim is often made that such measures could drive scientists to relocate their studies to countries with looser regulations, further compromising animal welfare standards. Let us examine this claim more closely. Where do
The simple image on the cover of John P. Gluck’s book Voracious Science & Vulnerable Animals (a primate scientist’s ethical journey) is that of a macaque monkey looking bewildered, her arms tucked into her lap, and an expression of uncertainty in her eyes and vulnerability in her posture. John P.
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