108 former lab monkeys given new shot at life in Colombia
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- 28 Mar 2023
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Tucked in the mountains of Colombia’s Palmira, some 108 monkeys are being treated for the painful experiments they endured at a laboratory that used them to test malaria vaccines.
When the monkeys, imprisoned in cages for years at the Caucaseco Research Center and the Primate Center Foundation located on the outskirts of Cali, were freed, they were full of parasites, some were missing eyes and others had broken bones.
A complaint about the cruelty that those animals underwent was filed by the animal organization PETA, which claimed that these centers had taken millions of dollars in funding from the government and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 2003.
The animals were rescued on February 17 during an operation by the regional environmental authority (CVC), backed by the police and the military. They then were transferred to the Wildlife Care and Valuation Center of San Emigdio.
At the 14-hectare sanctuary, 23 experts are in charge of treating and caring for the monkeys.
SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES
Marco Antonio Suarez, the CVC general director, says the animals are undergoing a 90-day quarantine period with a special diet.
“They arrived in a very bad condition, from nutrition problems to other issues that sadden us,” he tells Efe.
Some “102 night monkeys and 6 squirrel monkeys have already shown improvements after just one month of treatment. Read More…
