IMMOKALEE, FL. -- A company in the Immokalee area (BC US) is a subject of a just-released critical citation issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after two long-tailed macaques died at its Florida facility when staff left them overnight in a room heated to temperatures up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. This is a violation of federal regulations that prohibit monkeys from exposure to temperatures above 85 degrees for more than four hours.
This statement is from PETA Senior Science Advisor for Primate Experimentation Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel:
Two Monkeys Die in 104 Degree Temperatures at BC US: PETA Statement
BC US is a staggering failure that has once again proven deadly. The same facility where a living monkey was thrown in the trash in January has now roasted two long-tailed macaques to death because staff weren't trained to turn off a heater. According to federal inspectors, temperatures in the room confining the monkeys reached 104°F for hours, far exceeding legal limits, yet the facility had no protocols requiring intervention when conditions became dangerous. Staff recorded the escalating temperatures overnight while the animals remained trapped in a deadly overheated room, underscoring a system designed to document failure rather than prevent it. BC US has repeatedly demonstrated it cannot be trusted with animal lives. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must immediately stop monkey imports. As BC US demonstrates, the primate importation system delivers animals into facilities that cannot account for or protect them.
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