50 Mauritius-born monkeys have been transferred from Mazor Farm to rehabilitation at a monkey park in Ben Shemen (Israel). Mazor Farm holds additional 700 Mauritius-born monkeys, and hopefully they are about to be released as well. Mazor Farm (known also as BFC Monkeys Breeding Farm) was established in 1991, and until recently it bought wild monkeys that have been captured in Mauritius. These were exploited as breeding stock, while the offspring were taken away from their mothers and sold to laboratories. Monkeys born in the wild are considered "non-tradeable" for experiments.

However, 1,200 Mazor Farm monkeys who were born in captivity are still considered "tradeable". The farm is allowed to sell them to laboratories until January 2015. A negotiation between the Ministry of Environmental Protection and a "Monkey Reserve" initiative is currently taking place, in hope that state funding will allow to take care of the 1,200 monkeys for the rest of their lives.

Please write to the Miniser of Environmental Protection, Amir Peretz (sar@sviva.gov.il), thank him for his efforts in favor of the Mauritius-born monkeys and ask him to make sure that the rest of the monkeys will also be released.

For updates on Mazor farm, in English

פורסם במקור ב-Animal Rights in Israel (דף פייסבוק, כיום For Anonymous Animals), בתאריך 18.9.2013.