For Immediate Release: February 26, 2015 Worldwide Primates drops lawsuit against animal rights activists (Miami, FL) — Plaintiffs on February 11 voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit against activists with the group South Florida Smash HLS (smashhls.com). The lawsuit, “Worldwide...

Posted at Miami Herald By David Ovalle dovalle@MiamiHerald.com Christian Minaya (right), accused of criminal mischief during a protest at a West Miami-Dade primate research import facility, on trial flanked by his lawyer, Patrick Wilson. Miami Herald David...

Smash HLS recognizes that the oppression of animals exists within a larger context of systematic oppression, and that the fight for animal liberation must mean actively resisting all forms of oppression. We must challenge not only speciesism, but also racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia,...

In this drone video, for the first time, see beyond the gates, barbed wire and No Trespassing signs at Worldwide Primates (16450 SW 180 Street, Miami).

The Mannheimer Primatological Foundation was founded in New Jersey by Hans Mannheimer, an eccentric inventor who had a large collection of chimpanzees and monkeys. Shortly before he died, he moved his animals to Homestead, Florida. Upon his death in 1973, Mannheimer’s fortune was left to...

Posted by Sun-Sentinel Seven animal rights activists from South Florida were arrested over the weekend on a road trip to protest the growing number of facilities in rural Hendry County that breed monkeys for scientific research. They were on a tour organized by South Florida Smash HLS, a...

Posted by Naples Daily News HENDRY COUNTY, Fla. – The animal activists say they were walking back to their cars when the cops came rushing in from out of nowhere. Hendry County sheriff’s deputies arrested seven men Saturday and charged them with trespassing outside the gates of the...

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Posted by ARFF In June 2013, laboratory animal supplier Primate Products closed its monkey quarantine facility in Doral. The building stood empty until recently. We don’t know if Primate Products has reopened the facility permanently or if it’s only temporary. On August 6 an inspector...

There’s a new monkey holding and breeding facility coming to Florida. You may have seen an article about it in a local newspaper or one of Jane Velez-Mitchell’s reports on HLN. What you may not know is that PreLabs, the company building the new facility, and Worldwide Primates are...

“On Sunday, 22nd June 2014 the Berlin Animal Liberation Action (BerTA) protested for the 11th time this year against the airline Air France-KLM, the last passenger airline that transports primates to vivisection laboratories globally. 12 activists called the attention of passengers with...

Posted by Miami Herald   The proposed new law comes in response to protests in front of the homes of employees of companies that provide primates for medical research.   By Lola Duffort lola.duffort@gmail.com   A battle between animal rights activists and companies that...