Posted January 31, 2012 by Rachelle Owen
Have friends who tell you that your voice can’t make a difference? They’re wrong!
Within 24 hours of generating tens of thousands of e-mails, thousands of Facebook and Twitter posts on Air France’s public sites, and hundreds of phone calls to the airline’s cargo offices (so many that the airline shut down its phone line and Facebook wall!), PETA supporters convinced Air France to cancel the shipment of 60 monkeys to cruel deaths at a notoriously awful laboratory.
Thank you for raising your voice to stop animals from being caged, poisoned, and killed. Because of you, the animal testing industry has a thorn in its side—and we won’t stop until animals are no longer seen as test tubes but instead as the living, feeling, intelligent beings they are.
Want to do more to help? Ask Air France and other major airlines to enact a policy prohibiting all future shipments of primates to laboratories.
On behalf of animals everywhere, thank you!
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I love animals about as much as rock, heavy metal, tea, and coffee. Hoping to make a difference and help animals through PETA!!!
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160 days ago
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Free the animals!
454 days ago
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Free All Monkeys From being testing subjects! Stop Animal Cruelty!
455 days ago
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YAY!!!!
457 days ago
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wow! this is joyous news, made my day so much better
469 days ago
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I am so happy!! I sent out emails to everyone of the officials! It is so nice to see that our efforts are paying off! Good job everyone!
475 days ago
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Please be aware that one cancelled flight , means nothing for these animals and they will most likely end up in a lab . Air France continue to ship monkeys to labs and they are hard nosed about it , keep up the pressure on them !
476 days ago
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Yes! We did it! Cheers!!!
Another wonderful job.
476 days ago
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Poor Monkeys… I am glad that there are many of us supporting them!