Thousands sign petition urging an end importing of primates for medical research

By Natalie O'Brien
Updated February 11 2016 - 10:18am, first published January 30 2016 - 1:23pm
A baboon being experimented on at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Source Journal of Medical Primatology Photo: Journal of Medical Primatology
A baboon being experimented on at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Source Journal of Medical Primatology Photo: Journal of Medical Primatology

A baboon, part of a colony breeding program, sits behind security fencing at the National Health and Medical Research Council facility in Wallacia in Sydney's west.  Photo: Dallas Kilponen
A baboon, part of a colony breeding program, sits behind security fencing at the National Health and Medical Research Council facility in Wallacia in Sydney's west. Photo: Dallas Kilponen

A petition with more than 14,000 signatures calling for a ban on importing primates into Australia for medical and scientific research has been handed to the Federal Parliament.

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