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Please see the following statement from Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, senior science advisor on primate experimentation with PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department, regarding a new study that shows monkeys aren’t good models for COVID research.

Experimenters must stop using monkeys for COVID research immediately—and stop spreading the falsehood that there is a monkey shortage in U.S. laboratories. A new study from researchers in Seattle shows that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, does not behave in monkeys as it does in humans. Macaques who were vaccinated against or recovering from the disease failed to mirror human immune responses that they are meant to model. Just as experiments on monkeys have failed to yield a marketable vaccine for HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, Zika, and a host of other diseases, it appears now that a reliance on monkeys for COVID vaccines and treatments would benefit only the experimenters and not the public. The federally funded national primate research centers that are now clamoring for more monkeys and more money need to acknowledge their limitations and failures, and our government must fund only what is most likely to yield results that are meaningful for humans.

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PETA is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction on cruelty charges of the person(s) who set a dog on fire on the morning of Sunday, December 5. Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta has offered a $2,000 reward, bringing the total potential reward up to $7,000.

According to the DeKalb County Police Department, witnesses saw that the large, tan-and-cream, male Labradoodle was running on Lindsey Drive while “engulfed in flames” between 10 a.m. and 12 noon. The witnesses were able to put out the fire, but the dog remains in critical condition.

Police are investigating this incident, and PETA is hoping for help from the public before this dog’s abuser claims any more victims.

“This dog endured immense pain and terror when someone set him on fire, burning him severely,” says PETA Senior Vice President Colleen O’Brien. “PETA urges anyone with answers to come forward so that whoever tortured him can be held accountable—and stopped before someone else is hurt.”

Tipsters should contact Detective Watson at 404-286-7990 or Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS.

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Media outlets are reporting that camel breeders competing in a Saudi Arabian “camel beauty contest” injected camels with Botox and took other drastic and dangerous measures to alter their appearances. The entire idea of a camel beauty pageant is a farce, and subjecting any animal to a cosmetic procedure—such as ear cropping, declawing, dehorning, or filler injections—is cruel and shows the humans who use such tactics to be extremely ugly.

VIDEO: Camels’ Botox Injections Cause Trauma, Suffering

It’s speciesist to believe that a camel’s physical appearance should have anything to do with the treatment that he or she receives from humans. Camels are intelligent, sensitive animals, yet humans exploit them for entertainment, food, and other reasons. When used for food, camels are beaten, their milk is stolen, and they’re ultimately slaughtered for meat.

No animal volunteers to take part in profit-driven events for human amusement. Animal welfare issues need to be addressed throughout the Middle East, India, and elsewhere, where camels are also forced to perform in circuses under the threat of whips and electric prods.

PETA is calling on compassionate tourists to avoid riding camels or any other animal. We’re also pressing authorities overseas to crack down on any event that exploits and abuses animals, including this contest, and to ban forcing camels, much-abused donkeys, and malnourished horses to give tourist rides.

Take Action for Camels and Other Animals

You can help camels and other animals who are beaten and whipped in the “Lost City” of Petra, Jordan. PETA makes it quick and easy to take action for animals using your phone or computer, so what are you waiting for? Get started now:

Help Stop the Suffering of Camels, Horses, Donkeys, and Mules in Petra

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