This is the company exporting the animals to the United States.
Bioculture (Mauritius) Ltd.
Senneville, Riviere de Anguilles, Mauritius
Bioculture (Mauritius) Ltd., established in 1984, supplies naturally occurring
B-virus, SRV and SIV free Macaca fascicularis to the Biomedical Research Community
through its distributors, Shamrock (GB) Ltd. and Charles River BRF, Inc. for
North America and Japan. Bioculture has over 4000 females in established breeding
groups which produce an average of 3000 weaned exportable offspring yearly.
As cynomolgus monkeys are an introduced pest to Mauritius, Bioculture also has
a permit to export conditioned, quality feral animals through its distributors.
Bioculture and its customers help conservation in a direct sense by paying $50
(US) for every monkey exported (bred or feral) to the Government of Mauritius
Conservation Fund.
This company is monitored by many animal rights organizations. The following is from the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.
The worst incident took place on June 9, 1999, 10 macaques were found dead on arrival on board an Air France flight from a shipment of primates exported from Mauritius to Charles River BRF. The cause of death was given as shock secondary to heat stroke
When further documentation is received we'll post information concerning a shipment of 725 crab-eating macaque to Charles River.