Animal Testing Crisis: PETA Sounds the Alarm
🎯 Episode Highlights
- 🐒 Why PETA says endangered long-tailed macaques are still ending up in research laboratories.
- 🌍 How the global wildlife trafficking pipeline fuels the laboratory monkey trade.
- ⚖️ The legal battle to secure stronger protections for endangered primates.
- 🔬 A discussion of the ethics of animal experimentation and emerging non-animal research alternatives.
- 📉 Why conservation experts warn that long-tailed macaque populations are rapidly declining.
- 💬 Jane Velez-Mitchell and her guest explain how viewers and listeners can take action to help protect monkeys from exploitation.
📝 Podcast Description
Animal Testing Crisis takes an in-depth look at the fight to protect endangered long-tailed macaques from the global laboratory trade. In this compelling episode, Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with one of the world's leading experts on primate trafficking and animal experimentation to examine why these intelligent animals continue to be captured from the wild despite mounting scientific evidence of their declining populations.
"These animals are in crisis."
– From the transcript
You'll discover why PETA is urging U.S. officials to strengthen protections for endangered macaques, how wildlife trafficking feeds the laboratory supply chain, and why conservation scientists are warning that long-tailed macaques face severe population declines. The discussion also explores the ethical questions surrounding animal experimentation and the growing movement toward modern, non-animal research methods. Recent investigations highlighted by PETA and featured on UnchainedTV examine allegations that endangered macaques have entered the U.S. research pipeline through illegal trafficking networks.
"There is a war on monkeys."
– From the transcript
Join Jane Velez-Mitchell and her guest as they explain what's at stake for endangered primates and what listeners can do to help protect wildlife and promote humane science.
Call to Action: Subscribe, share this episode, and learn more about protecting endangered animals by visiting UnchainedTV and PETA.
Jane Velez-Mitchell is an award-winning journalist, TV producer and New York Times bestselling author who founded UnchainedTV, the world's premier plant-based streaming network. UnchainedTV offers more than 2,000 free documentaries, cooking shows, lifestyle, and news programs. Download UnchainedTV free on mobile devices or TV streaming platforms including Amazon Fire, Roku, and Apple TV. Watch online: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/browse
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