In our ongoing quest for the protection of primate species around the world, the EMS Foundation proudly supported the detailed scientifically orientated petitions drawn up by Dr Lisa Jones Engel from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals organisation, also known as PETA, which were delivered to the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday.

This is the covering letter:

These are copies of the detailed scientifically based requests by PETA supported by the EMS Foundation and other organisations to list the Long-Tailed Macaque and the Southern Pig-Tailed Macaque as a Threatened or Endangered Species Under the Endangered Species Act: