Local activists from Animal Liberation Malta are supporting claims accusing Malta-based airline Maleth-Aero of shipping hundreds of endangered monkeys to be used for testing.

The claim originally originated from PETA after it learned that the flight service was used to transport a large number of endangered Macaque monkeys from Cambodia during multiple trips.

After the flight trip, monkeys were allegedly deposited at a facility run by Inotiv, whose Envigo beagle-breeding facility was recently shut down following PETA’s findings.

“Malta-based airline Maleth-Aero has shipped hundreds of endangered macaque monkeys to the United States from Cambodia, to be cut open, poisoned, imprisoned, and killed in laboratories,” Animal Liberation Malta said.

“These terrified monkeys, who are being driven to extinction, sit in their own urine and faeces while being transported thousands of miles across the globe.”

“Apparently, Maleth-Aero did several flights to transport them. They will be slowly poisoned in toxicity tests or used for other excruciating experiments before being killed!” it stressed.

Local activists called for people to send their complaints directly to the airline, by following the instructions at the bottom of the page on this link. 

PETA also alleged that this was all done illegally, as the flight service never registered the journeys with the American Department of Agriculture.

Action for Primates recently released harrowing footage depicting the cruel capture of wild Macaques in Indonesia, for the global animal research and toxicity testing industry.

Earlier this year, the ICUN declared the Macaques species endangered, due to the rapid population decline.