Airlines Reject Transporting Animals Destined for Animal Testing

I thought this was really interesting — many airlines, apparently, refuse to transport animals destined for short unpleasant lives as laboratory test subjects. Isn’t that intriguing? I think, in a way, it’s kind of silly. The same people who run the airlines probably buy drugs and cosmetics that are tested on animals. But perhaps it’s a sign that public opinion is against animal testing to some degree? No one wants to transport any creature to his or her painful death, I suppose.

Airlines Reject Cruel Trade

Many airlines that have transported primates destined for laboratories have also washed their hands of the bloody business. British Airways imposed a blanket ban on the transport of live animals for use in experiments—joining Virgin Airlines, a company that has never engaged in such transport. China Airlines—once the second-largest transporter of primates to the United States—also stopped carrying primates destined for experimentation. Currently, no major U.S.-based airline will fly nonhuman primates to the United States from other countries, and the number of foreign international airlines that will carry them to the United States is limited. However, some carriers, including American Airlines, continue to ship primates who are destined for laboratories between cities within the United States.

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