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Monkey killing sparks new calls for legislation banning the keeping of nonhuman primates as pets in Michigan
Officials ignored requests for information, offers for help, and important medical information
Detroit, MI — Following the needless killing of a pet monkey named Mikey by Wayne County officials over the weekend, Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA), a national animal advocacy organization, is calling upon Michigan legislators to ban the keeping of nonhuman primates as pets in Michigan. Mikey was killed after he bit a young girl while being walked in public on a leash.
Stay of execution urged for monkey who bit child
Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary offers lifetime care for confiscated macaque
Trenton, MI — Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA), a national animal advocacy organization, is calling upon public health officials to publicly declare that they will not kill Mikey, the monkey who bit a six-year-old Trenton girl earlier this week. The monkey’s owner was walking him on a leash outside a church when the incident occurred.
Orlando urged to save Prada
Born Free USA offers lifetime care for rescued monkey
Orlando, FL — Born Free USA is offering to re-home Prada, a “pet” monkey who escaped from an apartment building in Orlando on Friday, at its Primate Sanctuary near San Antonio, Texas. The Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary is home to more than 500 macaques, baboons, and vervets, many of whom came from deplorable or inappropriate private homes or businesses. It is one of the very few in the U.S. that provide large, free-ranging, natural enclosures. The Sanctuary features 186 acres of dense vegetation with several ponds. The majority of monkeys live freely in these enclosures with minimum human interference.
Court Rules in Favor of Threatened Lynx
Minnesota's State Trapping Program Violates Endangered Species Act
Minneapolis, MN — A federal judge today ruled that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is in violation of the Endangered Species Act for allowing trappers to set traps and snares that catch, injure, and kill Canada lynx, a protected species. The case was filed on behalf of Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA) and the Center for Biological Diversity. The court ordered the state to take all action necessary to ensure that no further takings of lynx will occur by trapping activities within core lynx habitat.
Change in regulations demanded after killing of Spokane monkey
Hundreds of primates kept as pets in WA; dogs and cats not killed, why monkeys?
Seattle, WA — After the pointless killing of an innocent monkey in Spokane, Born Free USA united with the Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA), a national animal advocacy organization, is calling upon Washington public health officials to review its rabies kill plans.
State Lawmakers to Hear Arguments on Exotic Animal Legislation
Proposed Bill would Ban the Keeping of Dangerous Wild Animals as “Pets”
Raleigh, NC — On March 13, 2008, the Joint Select Committee on Inherently Dangerous Animals will hold a public hearing to investigate the public safety and animal welfare incidents associated with private ownership of dangerous wild animals.
Congress poised to protect bears and primates
Washington, D.C. — The House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans today considered two vital animal protection and conservation bills: the Bear Protection Act (HR 5534) and the Captive Primate Safety Act (HR 2964). Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA) has endorsed both legislative initiatives and today urged Congress to move swiftly toward their passage.
National animal advocacy group and primate sanctuary decry decision to kill pet monkey
Offer to home Chico at nationally-renowned primate sanctuary ignored
Spokane, WA — Born Free USA united with the Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA), a national animal advocacy organization, is calling upon public health officials to act at once to halt the destruction of Chico, the monkey who bit three people after escaping from his Spokane-area home earlier this month.
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