12-14-2009 An unusual case is making its way across the typically tranquil island of Puerto Rico right now involving foreign bio-tech firms, monkey farms, anti-globalism activists and Jew-bashing. And it’s catching the attention of big-time machers such as the Anti-Defamation League’s Abe Foxman.
The story goes like this: Apparently fake allegations have surfaced in Puerto Rico over a proposed monkey-breeding facility in the town of Guayama on the island’s southern coast. The lab appears to be owned by a Mauritius- based firm called Bioculture, with 19 such facilities worldwide. The plan is to open the monkey lab and raise up to 3,000 animals there — one assumes to be used in medical testing.
Poor creatures.
Anyway, rumors began to spread that the plant is actually owned by evil “Israeli interests” and that the plant was actually part of some from-the-future scheme to ethnically cleans and enact genocide on the island and destroy its ecology.
Of course, the Jews were behind it all — and accordingly, local anti-monkey/anti-Israel/anti-Semitic activist Roberto Brito called upon the good folk of Puerto Rico to boycott locally-owned Jewish business both on the island and up Norte on mainland USA.
Harsh!
Now the ADL is involved — calling the Jew-baiting “inexcusable” and imploring the Puerto Rican masses to reject this ridiculousness.
We couldn’t agree more.
Of course we absolutely reject any attempt at anti-Jew rhetoric — obvi! — but we gotta ask.
How did Israel and the Jews get involved in this whole mess in the first place.
Is the bio-lab actually owned by Israelis and if so — why not just say it.
Is there a back-story here — and if so, what is it?
Puerto Rican Jews Slam "Anti-Semitic" Activist
Monkey farm nixed again at Guayama hearing8-17-2010 The committee which opposes establishing a farm to breed monkeys in Guayama objected Monday to Senate Bill 1628 that seeks to legalize the raising of these animals on the island.
11-12-2009 Residents of the Pueblito del Carmen community will file complaints with the FBI in Puerto Rico against the owners of a proposed monkey-breeding facility in Guayama contending that they illegally obtained permits to operate. “We are convinced that federal agencies will look into the controversy around the Guayama facility because there is compelling evidence of a fraud. We have a record of every step in the permitting process,” said community spokesman Roberto Brito. Bio-Culture plans to open a facility in Guayama that will breed monkeys so they can be used for research and experiments. The facility plans to start importing some 4,000 Maccaca fascicularis monkeys sometime next year. Residents are worried about the possible environmental damages to their community. They contended that Bio-Culture will use around 30,000 gallons of water per day and could leave the residents without water. They are also worried about the possible spread of viruses or diseases in the event a monkey escapes. Brito charged that Bio Culture obtained three permits to operate, confusing government agencies. Company officials moved the permitting process from Guayama to San Juan, obtaining a permit from the Rules and Permit Administration in a record time of six hours. “We have never seen anything like this in the history of Puerto Rico,” he said. Bio-Culture officials contend that since arriving on the island in 2006, they have complied with all of the requirements to obtain permits. http://www.prdailysun.com/index.php?page=news.article&id=1258043266 From the ADL: New York, NY, December 3, 2009 … Anti-Semitism has been injected into a public debate over a proposed monkey-breeding facility in Puerto Rico, with some opponents accusing "Jewish economic interests" of attempting to destroy the island's environment. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed solidarity with the Jewish community of Puerto Rico, which has faced boycott and protest threats since the false allegations first surfaced in local newspapers earlier this week. "Regardless of whether one supports or opposes plans for the primate facility in Guayama, it is simply inexcusable to attempt to use the Jewish community in Puerto Rico as a scapegoat," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "We know these views do not represent those of the vast majority of Puerto Ricans. When an entire Jewish community is blamed for something that is not of their making nor of their control, that is anti-Semitism." On November 30 an activist opposed to the monkey-breeding facility was prominently quoted in a local newspaper suggesting that an "Israeli company" was developing the facility as part of a campaign of "ethnic discrimination" and "genocide" aimed at the island population. The activist, Robert Brito, called on Puerto Ricans to boycott locally owned Jewish businesses and synagogues, both on the island territory and in the U.S., in an effort to stop the facility from opening. To date, no actual protests against the Jewish community have been reported. In published articles in Primera Hora and the Puerto Rico Daily Sun, Brito blamed "Jewish economic interests" for past environmental incidents, including a fire at a petroleum plant. "This is a concerted action by Jewish economic interests," he said of the proposed primate facility. "This invention of bringing a facility for wild monkeys from Israel to Guayama constitutes ethnic discrimination against Puerto Ricans who live in Guayama." Bioculture Ltd., with facilities at 19 sites around the world, has secured construction permits and hopes to begin operating the breeding facility next summer in Guayama. According to published reports, the company is based in the African island nation of Mauritius.
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