article_snippet: Last year, more than 23,000 non-human primates were imported into the United States alone, PETA said.
article_snippet: the helpless macaque monkeys are primarily crab-eating macaques, thousands of which are transported from Mauritius to laboratories in the United States and Europe.
article_snippet: Many of the thousands of monkeys shipped from Asia and Africa by Air France were first torn away from the thousands of monkeys homes and families in the wild.
article_snippet: Many of the helpless macaque monkeys are also sold on to private companies and universities that poison, mutilate, cripple and kill private companies and universities that poison, mutilate, cripple and kill them in cruel experiments in cruel experiments.
article_snippet: Previous videos have also shown monkeys that have suffered from rectal prolapse from the stress of being restrained, blackened lungs, trembling, collapse, bleeding and self-mutilation - including one animal who chewed its finger to the bone .
article_snippet: Primates travel to private research laboratories as well as public research laboratories . '
article_snippet: Worldwide, the use of primates for research is crucial in many medical areas,' an Air France spokesman said. '
highlights_snippet: Thousands of monkeys worldwide torn away from families and tortured .
  