international comparative bioethics

Since 2003, experimentation on great apes (chimpanzees, pygmy chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) and nine species of Gibbons have been banned in Sweden, but it is still permitted to use other primates for animal testing.
In Sweden, primates are used for vivisection experiments at the Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) in Solna. The primates used are macaques that are imported from breeding facilities in China and Israel. Even though it is illegal to purchase primates caught in the wild, SMI has been found to have purchased wild apes on several occasions.


from
http://www.stoppaprimatforsoken.nu/in-english
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swedish standards

SMIs experimentation on primates is very controversial. In the year 2000, Aftonbladet (the biggest evening newspaper in Sweden) carried the following headlines: “SMI banned from keeping primates” and “the animal cruelty has ended”. The background to this press attention was that SMI, since 1994, has not been abiding by rules and regulations stipulated in the Animal Cruelty Act. Furthermore, SMI had lied to the Department of Agriculture in regards to the size of the cages that housed the primates. The Department of Agriculture even went so far as to “question SMI:s competency in conducting any type of animal testing whatsoever”.
The greater majority of apes at SMI live in two meter high cages, about as small as three normal-sized closets. They are housed in pairs or in a group. A small number of individuals also have the possibility of getting some fresh air by being temporarily placed in an outdoor cage, but this cage is only available to primates being used for certain experiments.
One demand made by the Department of Agriculture, which would allow SMI to keep its permits to experiment on animals, was the daily training of primates for “cooperation” in the taking of test samples. To better facilitate the capture of the primates for anesthesia and test sampling, the primates are trained to “cooperate” using so-called “clickers” (the purpose is to train the primate to volunteer their own arm to be pricked with a needle in exchange for a reward). But SMI continues to capture primates with the help of a movable wall at the back of each cage that presses the primate up against the cage bars, restricting their movements.
SMI admits to not abiding by the demands of the Department of Agriculture.
EUPRIM-Net is a network of 8 European animal testing facilities that use primates and SMI is one of those facilities. The idea is that together, the 8 build a virtual primate center for the experimentation and breeding of primates.

for a comprehensive list of international primate testing sites and more about primate sourcing the the UC system and the AETA scroll down here:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/19/18651256.php