Controversial primate dealer flees Miami
Activists claim victory as Primate Products closes Miami facility
(Doral)
– The workers are gone, the lab specimen boxes have been removed, and
the cages that held as many as 500 monkeys are empty. Animal activists
with the group Smash HLS are celebrating what has become obvious:
Primate Products has closed the doors to its monkey quarantine/holding
facility in Doral (7780 NW 53rd Street). For the first time in more than
25 years, the building is empty.
Primate Products, Inc. imports, breeds and sells monkeys
for use in experiments to universities, the U.S. military and to
pharmaceutical and contract testing companies. The company operates a
monkey breeding facility in Immokalee.
“The official line may be that the company is consolidating
its operations, but we know that they would not have made this change
without our aggressive protest campaign,” said campaign organizer Gary
Serignese. “An import company would not abandon a facility close to the
international airport unless it felt it had no choice. This victory is
proof that a small group of determined activists can make change. We
hope that our style of activism becomes a model for others.”
Smash HLS held its first protest targeting the company in
May 2010 and since then has held dozens of loud protests outside the
Doral facility and employee homes. Primate Products has lost customers
and employees as a result of the campaign.
“When I first learned that hundreds of monkeys were
imprisoned in a warehouse in Miami, I had to get involved in the
campaign,” said Miami resident and protester Ana Kowalczuk. “It’s not
only that I didn’t want this place in my backyard, I didn’t want it in
anyone’s backyard!”
Supporters of Smash HLS will meet soon to determine what’s next for the protest group.
A campaign timeline is available upon request.
By: FREETHEANIMALS ON JUN 17, 2013 IN LIBERATION/VCTORY.
http://smashhls.com/controversial-primate-dealer-flees-miami/
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