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Illegal monkey shipment to Texas prompts PETA complaint to Feds

Armed with documentation that a Chinese airline shipped 720 endangered long-tailed macaques this month from Cambodia to Chicago, ultimately destined for a notorious Alice, monkey facility, PETA filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Office of Law Enforcement today, calling for an urgent investigation. The USDA confirmed to PETA that it had canceled Hainan Airline’s registration in May, making this shipment an apparent violation of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA).

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