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Target the Mauritian Monkey Trade

NAVA | 10.10.2010 12:14 | Animal Liberation

"One young female monkey caught in a small trap desperately tried to escape capture and to return to her family. A large male ran to her aid but was unable to protect her and could only watch helplessly from the forest." - Undercover Investigator - Noveprim, 2010

This week, a damning expose of the Mauritian monkey trade has been released, showing the true extent of the suffering involved. Primates were snared in the wild, never to return again. One worker for Noveprim, a company approved by the UK Home Office and others for export to labs, kept monkeys in a dark and delapidated shed in his garden. Workers were also shown grabbing and swinging primates around by their tails, injuring them and often breaking their bones.

Noveprim are the main farm on Mauritius and were extensively featured in the expose, exporting primates to the UK, USA, Germany, Spain and France. The CIEL Group, a Mauritian company who run hotels on the island, own sugar plants and textile manufacturers, also own Noveprim. Please contact them in disgust and also boycott all Mauritian products:

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:: SAMPLE LETTER ::
Dear Noveprim / CIEL Group,
I was sickened with the recent expose of your company (Noveprim), exporting thousands of primates every year to laboratories for experimentation.

From the attitudes of your staff towards the animals, to the trapping of monkeys in the wild for export was disgusting.

Once these primates have experienced the brutality shown by your staff, they will be used in toxicology experiments and poisoned to death, or university research where electrodes will be implanted into their brains.

I ask that the CIEL Group discards Noveprim from it's portfolio of companies and that Noveprim is closed down once and for all.
Yours Sincerely,
[Name]

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NOVEPRIM
6th Floor,
Harbour Front Building John
Place d'armes
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tel: +230 211 26 86
Fax: +230 211 31 59

info@noveprimgroup.com

NOVEPRIM
Le Vallon,
Ferney S.E,
Mahebourg, Mauritus
Tel: + 230 634 0130
Fax: + 230 634 0131

Ferney.Mahebourg@noveprimgroup.com

NOVEPRIM MANAGEMENT:
Gerald de Senneville (CEO)
Tel: +230 634-0127

gerald.de.senneville@noveprimgroup.com,

gmrdsv@intnet.mu,

gds@cielgroup.com

Bruno Jullienne (Chief Operations Officer)
Tel: +230 6340130

bruno.jullienne@noveprimgroup.com,

bruno.jullienne@mauritiusrugby.mu

Stephan Desvaux de Marigny (Production Manager)

stephan.desvaux@noveprimgroup.com

Patrick Jhumum (Sales Manager)

patrick.jhumun@noveprimgroup.com

Daniel Kisnorbo (Relations Manager)

daniel.kisnorbo@noveprimgroup.com,

dlmkis@intnet.mu

Noelle Gourrege (Head of Noveprim Europe)

noelle.gourrege@noveprimgroup.com

Christina Yang
Tel: +230 6310702 / 6319665
Mob: +230 9105826

christina.yang@noveprimgroup.com

nicholas.m-dunienville@noveprimgroup.com

Hansraz Mulloo (Finance Manager - Noveprim Europe)
Tel: +230 696 7275

sonia@intnet.mu

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CIEL GROUP (NOVEPRIM PARENT COMPANY)
4th Floor, Ebene Skies,
Rue de l'Institut, Ebene
Tel: 404 2200 | Fax: 404 2201

info@cielgroup.com

P. Arnaud Dalais (Chairman)

pad@cielgroup.com

Jean-Pierre Dalais (CEO - CIEL Investment)

jpd@cielgroup.com

Patrick de Labauve d'Arifat (CEO - CIEL AgroIndustry)

pda@cielgroup.com

Harold Mayer (CEO - CIEL Textile)

hm@cielgroup.com

Jérôme de Chasteauneuf (Head of Finance)

jdc@cielgroup.com

OTHER CIEL GROUP COMPANIES:

Foundation Nouveau Regard
Tel: +230 404 2200
Fax: +230 404 2201

dbouic@cielgroup.com

Anahita The Resort
Tel: +230 402 2200
Fax: +230 402 2220

info@anahita.mu,

sophie.mccarthy@anahita.mu,

pierre.bruno@anahita.mu,

blossom@1001arabianconnections.com,

Ciel et Nature Limitée
Tel: +230 792 1050 / 1080 / 1095
Tel: +230 433 1050 / 433 1010

admin.cielnature@drbc-group.com,

cieletnature@drbc-group.com,

resa.cieletnature@drbc-group.com

CIEL Properties Ltd (Subsidiary of CIEL Agro-Industry)
Tel: +230 404 2200
Fax: +230 404 22014

Consolidated Energy Company LimiteD
Tel: +230 417 6000
Fax: +230 417 6060

Deep River-Beau Champ Limited
Tel: +230 404 2200
Fax: +230 404 2201

Deep River-Beau Champ (Sugar Estate)
Tel: +230 417 6000
Fax: +230 417 6481

Domaine de l'Etoile
Tel: +230 792 1050/1080/1095

Four Seasons Resort at Anahita (Subsidiary of CIEL Agro-Industry)
Tel: +430 402 3100
Fax: +430 402 3120

reservations.mas@fourseasons.com

Four Season Global locations -

http://www.fourseasons.com/contact_us/worldwide_properties/#europe

La Vallée de Ferney
Ferney Sugar Estate, Ferney
Tel: +430 792 1050/1080/1095

conservation@valleedeferney.com

World Tropicals (Subsidiary of CIEL Agro-Industry)
Old Reduit Road, Moka
Tel: +430 433 4100
Fax: +430 433 4191

info@worldtropicals.mu

Azur Financial Services Ltd
Tel: +430 404 2200
Fax: +430 404 2201

Bank One Limited
Tel: +430 202 9200
Fax: +430 210 4712

CIEL Capital Limited
Tel: +430 404 2200
Fax: +430 404 2201

CIEL Investment Limited
Tel: +430 404 2200
Fax: +430 404 2201

Execom Ltd
Tel: +430 427 7200
Fax: +430 427 7201

y.renie@intnet.mu

Flagstone Property Management Ltd
Tel: +430 404 2200
Fax: +430 404 2201

Investment Professionals Ltd
Tel: +430 403 6700
Fax: +430 465 0777

sh@ipro.mu,

kgogoi@ipro.co.bw,

sh@ipro.mu

Halifax Management Limited
Tel: +430 404 2101
Fax: +430 404 2188

bob.bachun@halifax-management.com

Aquarelle Clothing Limited
Tel: +430 402 1100
Fax: +430 466 0007

Consolidated Dyeing and Fabrics Limited (Subsidiary of CIEL Textile)
Tel: +430 601 3000
Fax: +430 675 3348

cdladmin@cdl-fabrics.com

Consolidated Fabrics Limited
Tel: +430 204 1670
Fax: +430 261 5845

cfl@intnet.mu

CTL Retail Ltd
Floreal Square, Floreal
Tel: +430 601 1000
Fax: +430 698 8011

ctlretail@floreal.intnet.mu

Ferney Spinning Mills Limited
Tel: +430 601 3000
Fax: +430 675 6100

fsm@ferneyspinning.com

Floreal Kniwear Ltd
Tel: +430 601 1000
Fax: +430 686 2337

fkl@floreal.intnet.mu

New Island Clothing Ltd
Tel: +430 401 9000
Fax: +430 454 6833

Tropic Knits Limited
Tel: +430 602 1000
Fax: +430 675 2501

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ALL EMAILS:

info@noveprimgroup.com,

Ferney.Mahebourg@noveprimgroup.com,

gerald.de.senneville@noveprimgroup.com,

gmrdsv@intnet.mu,

gds@cielgroup.com,

bruno.jullienne@noveprimgroup.com,

bruno.jullienne@mauritiusrugby.mu,

stephan.desvaux@noveprimgroup.com,

patrick.jhumun@noveprimgroup.com,

daniel.kisnorbo@noveprimgroup.com,

dlmkis@intnet.mu,

noelle.gourrege@noveprimgroup.com,