In a victory for animal rights, Russian airline AirBridgeCargo has announced an immediate end to the transport of live animals to laboratories.
Over the last two weeks, in a campaign spearheaded by PETA, supporters of animal rights inundated the airline with ‘thousands of phone calls and tens of thousands of e-mails’ demanding an end to the transport of laboratory primates.
The campaign followed a whistleblower tip that AirBridgeCargo was transporting monkeys from China to the U.S. via O’Hare International Airport in Chicago at least twice weekly, and that the airline was considering an expansion of the practice to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). After arriving in the U.S., the monkeys were cruelly imprisoned in laboratories and became the subjects of unnecessary and torturous experiments.
AirBridgeCargo responded to the pressure by immediately ceasing all shipments of monkeys and vowing to no longer transport laboratory animals to any global destination.
This recent victory marks a milestone of progress in the ongoing fight to end the trade of live animals for experimentation purposes. Thanks to the efforts of animal rights activists, AirBridgeCargo has joined an ever-expanding list of dozens of airlines that refuse to transport animals to laboratories, including American Airlines, Delta Airlines, British Airways, Lufthansa, Air China, Air Canada, and Hainan Airlines.
According to Kathy Guillermo, PETA’s Senior Vice President of Laboratory Investigations, “AirBridgeCargo’s decision will make it even harder for laboratories to obtain monkeys to confine to cages, infect with diseases, force-feed chemicals to, and perform invasive surgeries on.”
AirFrance remains the last major airline that is willing to transport monkeys for experiments.
Of course, it’s not enough for an airline to say they will ban the practice — they must follow through with their promise, too. In 2016, investigators working for the nonprofit organization Cruelty Free International discovered that Vietnam Airlines had breached its transport embargo by shipping monkeys to Russia. Vietnam Airlines affirmed a renewed commitment to its policy in April of 2017.
Earlier this year, Royal Jordanian Airlines came under fire for transporting lab monkeys from Thailand to the U.S, breaking a promise the airline made in 2014 to end the transport of live animals.
Tumbs up too the airlines!
This is good news, a step in the right direction.
I would love to believe that this practice will stop and my respect to those airlines that have upheld their commitment but as we all know people in general are horrible and the almighty dollar always speaks louder than words (or commitments in this case). I truly appreciate and will support all the people working to make this world better for the innocent animals that pay the ultimate price for the disgusting human race. And I will only support those businesses that can stand by their actions!!
It’s about time! No animal should ever be used & abused. Animal testing does NOT need to be done! PLEASE PROTEST ANIMAL ABUSE & TESTING
Thank you very mutch !!!!
Thank you !!!
Ban all animals Lab experiments and research ! Thank you AirBridge Cargo for stop flying animals to the labs.
This cruelty needs to stop NOW!!!!! What in the hell is the matter with you?
Please stop all animal experiments.
Those who transgress their commitments should be heavily fined and the proceeds used to rehabilitate animals rescued from laboratories.
Those airlines who transgress their commitments should be given very heavy fines and the money used for rehabilitating those rescued from laboratories.
Anytime I read these types of stories, I love sharing this one from Care2. A must read for animal lovers and to educate others that feel it is a necessary evil to perform animal experiments. Please share this. The article is called New Technology More Reliable and Ethical Than Animal Experiments
https://www.care2.com/causes/new-technology-more-reliable-and-ethical-than-animal-experiments.html
Excellent.
Thank God Air Bridge has said they will no longer carry animals to forrign laboratories. Let’s hope thry don’t renege like Vietnam Airlines did.
AWESOME!!! KUDOS TO THIS AIRLINE! THAT SHOWS THERE IS A COLLECTIVE CHANGE OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
Yeah ! Glad they stopped…………………now let’s get them to stop transporting any animal to the same fate.
This is great news! Intelligent, sensitive living beings do not deserve to be treated as laboratory equipment. Hopefully this decision will send a message to Air France that it’s time to cut ties with the cruel vivisection industry.
EXCELLENT DECISION by Russian AIRLINE AirBridgeCargo– Thank you a million times for protecting these wonderful animals from cruel, unconscionable, unnecessary research labs — you deserve recognition, admiration and deepest respect for being someone who protects animals — THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES.
It’s good these airlines are stopping transporting these monkeys to have horrible things done to them, every airline should stop this right away. Animals DO NOT deserve this
No one is going to get too much sympathy from me on this. Humans need new meds to fight viruses, cancer and other dread diseases. I would rather initial testing was done on animals, before they move to the human testing phase. You can rant all you want about animal testing not being a true indicator for humans, but it does provide insight in the process. It is necessary.
We’re talking about unnecessary tests here — when you have options in obtaining knowledge, why would you choose a method that brings suffering, misery and death to other living beings — PLEASE pay a visit to PCRM.org for detailed information on what’s really going on.
Oh dear. Someone needs an education lesson. Please read this article and educate yourself first before commenting ignorance. It drives me crazy! The article is called New Technology More Reliable and Ethical Than Animal Experiments.
https://www.care2.com/causes/new-technology-more-reliable-and-ethical-than-animal-experiments.html
You are obviously not well educated in this realm and can see you have no feelings for innocent creatures. Why should they have to pay the ultimate price of pain and suffering. Who made you God?
Please stop use of animals in experiments!!! Incredibly cruel and EVIL !!!!!
I have always used only Air France. This is one more reason, that it is the best.
Please recommend it to others too.
Please, can you take this away. I wrote wrong Aircompany ?
Well done, AirBridgeCargo!!
Stop abuse against animals . All life-respecting companies should stop contributing to the torture of animals .
Excellent news. I have shared this to Facebook and Twitter