u/Maskarie

Two young macaques died a slow, agonizing death at a Florida biomedical facility when staff left them in a room that reached 104 degrees. Weeks later, another monkey was trapped in a shipping crate and abandoned in a biohazard waste dumpster for five days without food or water.

These aren't accidents—they're symptoms of a broken system. Nearly 100,000 primates were imported for lab testing from 2021-2024, fueling overcrowding, illegal trafficking, and dangerous disease risks to workers and communities (tuberculosis, herpes B virus).

I started a petition asking the House Ways and Means Committee to pass H.R. 8471—the PRIMATE Act—which would ban most primate imports for experimentation. Intelligent beings shouldn't spend their lives suffering in laboratory cages.

If this matters to you too, consider signing and sharing. These primates can't speak for themselves—we have to.

Anyone else think it's time we stopped importing animals for testing?

Has been an absolute nightmare to find anyone with an ounce of knowledge on this. My husband is a Transman and we've been trying to get him set up, but every call to any office gets us with:

" I do not treat transgender people nor will I ever."
" It goes against the bible/beliefs." (This one has happened a lot)
" I do not know what a transgender thing is, so I can not help you."
" Planned parenthood, but they are not primary care."

Please any help, we're currently driving an hour into Orlando for one, but it's such a pain in the backside to do that. Any suggestions?