Nepal govt asked to stop exporting monkeys for biomedical research
Nepal govt asked to stop exporting monkeys for biomedical research Animal welfare campaigners staged demonstration outside the Nepali Embassy in London on Friday as part of their campaign against Nepal government's involvement in the breeding of rhesus monkeys for biomedical research in America. Protesters gathered outside the embassy at 10:30 am GMT, with posters showing a suffering lab monkey and the heading "Nepal's Shame', a statement issued by the Stop Monkey Business Campaign said. Campaigners display pamphlet during the protest in front of the Nepali Embassy in London, demanding ban on export of rhesus monkey from Nepal on Friday Feb 22. The protest was the first in the UK in support of the global Stop Monkey Business Campaign. Two representatives of the campaigners talked with Jhabindra Aryal, Counsellor/Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy, and conveyed their concerns regarding the trade of monkeys for export to American 'research' companies. Aryal on his part promised to pass on the campaigners' concerns to the Nepal government, the statement added. "According to the British campaigners, Nepal should be ashamed of providing monkeys for biomedical research, especially in the past the country has built a reputation of protecting wildlife species such as the tiger, rhino and elephant,' the statement read, "They note that monkeys are considered sacred both by Hindus and Buddhists.' The campaigners have urged the Nepal government to stop the export of monkeys for experimentation, which causes great suffering. They say that exposes of animal