State Senator Attempts to Block Monkey Breeding Facility
The News
Primera Management, a company that cannot be traced, is attempting to build a large monkey breeding facility in Central Florida over objections of the State Senator who represents the area. Monkeys from Mauritius, an island off the coast of Africa, will be transported to the facility in Hendry County, where they will be bred and sold to laboratories. Animal Defenders International released footage of monkeys in Mauritius being abused, though Primera insists that their monkeys will come from a different, unnamed source. Citing health, safety and animal care concerns, the Senator is demanding a public hearing with all stakeholders, including the Center for Disease Control.
Your Turn
Who is behind this primate breeding facility? Who is accountable if monkeys escape or disease is transmitted? Given the environmental and land-use issues associated with a 3,000 monkey facility, why is it being constructed without so much as a public hearing? As a starting point, please thank Florida State Senator Dwight Bullard for attempting to stop the construction of this facility until the community has answers. And stay tuned for more information as advocacy groups put together the pieces of the puzzle.
These is unhumane cruelty stop doing bad things with the poor animals,
Thank you to those trying to stop the breeding facility. Please don’t let it move forward at all!
Yay for Senator Bullard! We need more like him. I emailed him a “Thank You.”
This is a terrible idea. The monkeys should be left in nature where they belong. The public should be fully informed as to what the officers and directors of the facility are.
Many of us would be very grateful, if this could be stopped…
Please stop this treatment of primates….
This is not a good idea for the primates or for humans. Please put a stop to this breeding facility.
This is not a good idea for the primates or for humans. Please stop this breeding facility.