No More Monkey Torture!
PETA has joined a coalition of dozens of animal protection groups from around the world in signing a resolution that calls for an end to the use of primates in biomedical research and testing. Noting that primates are highly intelligent animals who form intricate social relationships, experience a wide range of emotions, and exhibit a capacity for suffering similar to that of humans, the resolution urges governments, regulators, industries, scientists, and research funding agencies worldwide to work together to facilitate an immediate end to the use of primates in experimentation. Read the resolution.
Every year in the United States, more than 50,000 nonhuman primates are used in experiments that are often painful and frequently lethal. While it is well known that nonhuman primates are very similar to humans in their emotional traits and social organization, these animals are still subjected to abuse in laboratories, where they are used as “research tools” and treated as inanimate objects.
Read about PETA’s undercover investigations at Columbia University and Covance.
