Charles River labs accused of exploiting loophole to move monkeys through Canada

An animal rights group has accused Charles River Laboratories of running a “monkey laundering scheme” by importing live macaques from Cambodia to Canada, converting them into “specimens” at their Quebec facilities, and then re-exporting them to the U.S. despite a temporary ban on such imports. Charles River Laboratories is a major supplier of monkeys for experimentation, with facilities in Quebec and Massachusetts, raising concerns about the exploitation of a loophole in moving monkeys through Canada.

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