Help Stop Primate Breeding for Research in Australia

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In response to the front page article 'The Monkey Farm' in The Sunday Age on 25 November, an investigation into the government funded primate breeding facility in Gippsland, Victoria, we urge you to voice your opposition to the highly unethical practice of primate breeding and experimentation in Australia.

We ask you to please call, write or email the universities mentioned in the article who actively participate in primate research.

Monash Animal Ethics Office
Building 13C
Wellington Rd, Clayton Campus
Monash University
Vic 3800
animal.ethics@monash.edu
Phone: 03 9905 5121

Animal Ethics, Melbourne Research
Level 5, Alan Gilbert Building
161 Barry Street
University of Melbourne
Vic 3010
animal-ethics@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 03 8344 2048

We also call upon you to contact the NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council) responsible for funding a large percentage of primate experimentation in Australia, and urge them to stop using taxpayers' dollars on unnecessary and unethical primate research.

Executive Director of Research Programs
National Health and Medical Research Council
GPO Box 1421
Canberra ACT 2601
Virginia.hart@nhmrc.gov.au
Phone: 1300 646 72

Humane Research Australia believes it’s time Australia ended the shameful practice of primate breeding and experimentation. With your help we can achieve a ban on this unnecessary, archaic and cruel practice.

Your support is greatly appreciated.