Air Canada wants out of the monkey business but regulator says no, for now

Damned if you do, damned if you don't

There is always FedX or a charter aircraft for the importer or exporter. I wouldn't force any monkey to fly Air Canada!

Why not try another tack... refuse to ship them unless they comply with certain guidelines and make the guidelines reasonable for pets, but something that would be unreasonable for someone making a buck of the animals. For example, require crates of a certain type whereby the animals are much freer and require a premium payment, as well. Lord knows, they nickel and dime the regular customers, so why not the ones they actually don't want as passengers?

Put the monkeys in economy, they're just as loud as the crying babies anyway

why dont they use politicians

I would really hate to be in Air Canada's shoes: taking flak from animal rights groups but being told by a government agency they can't take action to address the issue. Air Canada seems to be this country's favourite whipping boy, but what no-one seems to understand is the double standards that Air Canada is held to by the Cdn. Transportation Agency compared to its competitors like Westjet. Because A/C used to be gov't owned, unreasonable requirements (carry monkeys, ensure bilingual staff on 100% of flights on all your routes) have been grandfathered to the present day. Makes one wonder why A/C doesn't just pack it in, but as a happy customer of theirs for many years I'm glad they don't.

Geez I thought at first Air Canada was going to replace the stewardess with trained monkeys which by the way could do a better job and they have a better personality.

Don't you think its kind of stupid that China Airlines will not transport these monkeys from China, But its exspected that a Canadian Airline is forced to do just that. Thats like forcing a store to sell Mink Coats when they want to sell only Hemp Clothing.

This is not right. Conservatives have the same right other normal human beings enjoy.

Taking morality out of the equation, I am just as concerned with the health implications of flying with monkey with who knows what diseases on a plane all over the world transporting possible disease. Who knows what health state they are in and what health risks they pose to the people on the plane. We all know how diseases spread in planes where the air is recycled. Could the monkeys infect people on the plane?

The Canadian Transportation Agency needs to get with the times.

It's not worth the bad press. Besides Air China will transport anything for a price. Black market organs get a 1st class seat.

Are these animals being transported in the belly of an aircraft that also carries passengers luggage. Wow, no wonder there is an on-going problem with disease that can no longer be treated with antibiotics. Each year some unknown disease surfaces that doctors claim they have never seen before, or haven't seen in this part of the world. Why are they not on designated cargo only aircraft? Or, is that what Air Canada are doing?

Solution: Use PETA and Greenpeace for lab experiments.

At this time in life this kind of experiments must be abolished !!!

Those are Canadian planes. Where are the propellers?

I see a lot of monkeys in parliament and they travel Air Canada no problem.

"four dozen monkeys from breeding farms in China had been shipped to Quebec in cramped wooden crates." OMG_OMG escaped and is the only survivor.

The conservative government wants to use monkeys for research..but they should use the current conservative MPs for this purpose..

I guess if they don't want them to use animals for experiment, they can as well use the animal activist children instead.