United Airlines has always refused to ship research animals, such as primates, in their planes. But their recent merger with Continental Airlines, as well as pressure from the biotech industry, has them reconsidering their policy. Tell United Airlines to stand strong and refuse to take any part in the brutal practice of animal testing.
Many major airlines provide transportation of research animals to places like the United States where they are used in laboratory tests, usually conducting medical research. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service claims that the number of primates imported to the U.S. has doubled in the past decade and the number of captured young primates born to wild mothers has quadrupled.
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