25 Reasons You Should Never Fly Air France
Update (June 30, 2022): Air France has announced that it’s ending the transport of monkeys to laboratories! This decision follows years of pressure from PETA U.S., our grassroots supporters, and international PETA entities as well as groups in France and other grassroots activists worldwide.
Originally posted on April 18, 2014:
Air France is the only major airline in the world that still ships monkeys to their deaths in laboratories. Here’s how it happens.
1. Every year, more than 10,000 monkeys are shipped to laboratories in the United States.
2. Some are traumatically captured in the jungle …
3. … and some are the babies of wild-caught monkeys who are bred on decrepit factory farms in Asia and Africa.
4. On these farms, monkeys starve …
5. … are injured …
6. … and die.
7. Here, a breeder shows off his “product”—a new mother—while her baby still clings to her.
8. When they are ready to be shipped, monkeys are locked in small shipping crates.
9. Here, terrified monkeys wait on the tarmac to be loaded onto a plane.
They are often loaded right under the feet of unsuspecting passengers.