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Air Canada To Stop Shipping Lab Primates

Critter News

Thank you Air Canada! Today, more than 40 animal advocacy organizations across Canada praised Air Canada for its recent decision to stop shipping non-human primates into the country for use in research laboratories. Airlines in Canada must obtain approval from the CTA to revise their shipping guidelines.

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From Today's Los Angeles Times

Animal Ethics

Michelle Nadon, Aurora, Canada To the editor: Bars? It is estimated that due to conflicts with humans, the bushmeat and body parts trade, disease and habitat destruction, large mammals in Africa may be extinct by the end of this century. This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed. Lisa Edmondson, Los Angeles