Fifty-five Monkeys Rescued From A New Jersey Animal Research Lab

On July 15, 2010, In Defense of Animals rescued 55 long-tailed macaque monkeys from an insolvent toxicology laboratory in Oxford, New Jersey.

This lab has been repeatedly cited by the USDA for Animal Welfare Act violations and had a license to sell animals. If not for this rescue, these monkeys could very well have ended up in other labs that routinely perform extremely invasive or terminal experiments on long-tailed macaques. Published articles from 2010 describe experimentation ranging from brain lesions, invasive brain studies of auditory, motor and visual cortex, Ebola virus, stroke, plague and drug-induced seizures. These intelligent, social nonhuman primates suffer when imprisoned for decades in stark lab environments. Monkeys often display clinical signs of depression and abnormal behavior including hair pulling, stereotypic circling and pacing, and even self mutilation.

"Rescuing these young macaques from a miserable lifetime locked in a lab furthers In Defense of Animals' mission in protecting the rights, welfare and habitat of animals," said IDA president Scotlund Haisley. "These young monkeys would have been subjected to decades behind bars in cramped stainless steel cages, forced to endure painful toxicology tests. Now they will have a life filled with fresh air, friends, and freedom from harm."

IDA is transporting the monkeys to their new homes at four primate sanctuaries in Oklahoma and Texas.

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• macaque
• vivisection
• animal research
• animal testing
• Scotlund Haisley
• Elaine Hendrix

[lorienicole]

Its great to see there is still some real life heros out there. Never give up! Never give in!! God bless you and your work, you are the real angels who walk among man!!

[lizzabbott]

Thank you so much! Looking at these innocent monkeys' eyes I like to think that they know they are on their way to a better life, & that the cruel suffering they have endured is over. I will donate as soon as I can. I have donated to your group in the past. Thx again! Now if we can only get Nosey the elephant away from her cruel "owners" ( a Fla circus type outfit), & all the other elephants out of captivity, that would be LOVELY! Thanx again I'm kinda w/o words.

[CarolinaGarciaVanBC]

You guys are the true hero. Thank you for rescuing these babies.

[fidcva59]

you should have gassed them all and put them out if there missery eventually they or there off spring will get loose in the us and eventually we will have the same vermon problem as they do in india there filthy and mean and bite and steal food there worse than rats and they carriy all kinds of sicknesses kill em now and save someons else the chore later and dont tell me they wont get loose look at silver river florida

[hsiaofonglinkane]

you guys are hero, hope you guys will live long happy live!!

[QuackHaio]

lol look at us we saved these monkeys from captivity lol

"Uh, why are you putting them in cages and leaving them like that? Shouldn't you be driving as fast as possible to the nearest reserve and free them?"

uh no lol we needed this clip for shameless publicity of our organization

[kingmanusa64]

did any monkeys escape because i saw a monkey in a tree in the backyard of my house. I live in NJ and it really freaked me out. This isnt a joke a monkey population is seriously growing here

[walwanpri]

good job, keep it up.  I admire your work.

[JessFromTheMoon]

This is LITERALLY about two miles from my house... Every day for nearly my entire life I passed by it and felt horrendous. Now, these animals are free. I've never been happier. :'D

[ReginaTexas]

i am so happy to see these monkeys free. i want to thank you and your helpers for rescuing these beautiful helpless animals. the pain they have gone through i cannot even imagine. we DO need to stop this. testing can be done another way besdies using animals that i can only imagine the screams being removed from their cage knowing whats going to happen. poor sweethearts. now they are free and some seeing sunlight for the first time ever in 6 years of being born. thank you

[ReginaTexas]

i am so happy to see these monkeys free. i want to thank you and your helpers for rescuing these beautiful helpless animals. the pain they have gone through i cannot even imagine. we DO need to stop this. testing can be done another way besdies using animals that i can only imagine the screams being removed from their cage knowing whats going to happen. poor sweethearts. now they are free and some seeing sunlight for the first time ever in 6 years of being born. thank you.