including bonobos, in the animal dealer's basement. IPPL press contributed to Belgium establish laws banning wildlife trafficking. 1984: IPPL successfully fought plans by three U.S. zoos to import seven wild-caught gorillas from Cameroon. These animals were being offered for sale by the Miami animal dealer Matthew Block. In addition, after years of IPPL protests about the misuse of Malaysian monkeys in military research, Malaysia banned monkey exports. 1985: IPPL secured the release to a sanctuary of four chimpanzees sent to a lab run by toxicologist Fred Coulston after their circus trainer died. 1986: IPPL field representative Bernadette Bresard found that a Japanese laboratory was keeping monkeys continuously in metal restraint chairs. IPPL's protests led to the monkeys’ being removed from the chairs. Following the murder of IPPL member Dian Fossey, IPPL raised funds to help continue Fossey's crusade to protect mountain gorillas from poachers in Rwanda. 1987: IPPL investigated the smuggling of three baby gorillas from Cameroon to Taiwan. Only one baby arrived alive. IPPL's work led to prosecutions of the criminals in several countries. The head of the smuggling operation, Walter Sensen, was expelled from Cameroon and later imprisoned in Germany. 1988: IPPL investigated the conditions of primates living in Cuban zoos. IPPL founder Shirley McGreal won the Jeanne Marchig Award for her efforts to protect primates around the world. 1989: IPPL uncovered "The Polish Connection", by which animals were being smuggled into Polish zoos and then re-exported with false "captive-born" documents to the West. Poland put a stop to these activities and joined the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. 1990s 1990: Six smuggled baby orangutans were confiscated at Bangkok Airport. IPPL identified the leader of the smuggling ring as Matthew Block of Miami and requested a U.S. government criminal investigation. IPPL's investigative work also led to the jailing of the German gorilla smuggler Walter Sensen. 1991: IPPL learned that two baby gibbons were on sale at a market in the Philippines. IPPL's protests led to the animals’ being returned to Thailand. 1992: An IPPL team testified before a congressional committee about the U.S. government's failure to prosecute Miami wildlife smuggler Matthew Block. On learning that the U.S. government had offered him a misdemeanor plea bargain, IPPL members flooded the judge with protests. The judge rejected the plea deal and sentenced the animal dealer to 13 months in prison. Shirley McGreal was chosen for the United Nations