Maternal Deprivation Experiments
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

Information/Inspiration/Resources for YOU to help END Maternal Deprivation Experiments

MISSION: As a coalition of scientists, doctors, psychologists, social scientists, University of Wisconsin alumni, and animal advocates, our purpose is to end maternal-deprivation experiments at the UW National Primate Research Center, based in the UW-Madison Graduate School. Our specific goal is to secure a ban on such experimentation by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.

PROPOSED UW-MADISON EXPERIMENT: Baby monkeys in laboratories are taken from their sedated mothers and then the babies are subjected to "various stimuli" to induce fright, terror and anxiety. At one-two years of age they are killed and their brains dissected in a misconcerted effort to find psychotropic drugs to "help" traumatized human children.

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IMAGES OF MONKEYS IN VIVISECTION LABORATORIES

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STATEMENTS FROM PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS:

• UW Not in Our Name (UW Madison Alumni Opposed to Ned Kalin's Experiments)
  - Kaliln's New Experiment
  - Controversial Even Among Researchers
• Alliance for Animals and the Environment
  - UW Maternal Deprivation Experiments
  - UW-Madison Scientists Revive Harry Harlow's Cruel Maternal Deprivation Studies
• American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS)
  - Ending the Use of Animals in Science
  - Maternal Deprivation: Experiments in Psychology
• Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
  - ALDF Sues University of Wisconsin over “Maternal Deprivation” Experiments on Baby Monkeys
  - ALDF Calls on USDA to Investigate Potential Animal Welfare Act Violations in "Terror Tests" at University of Wisconsin
• DawnWatch
• Global Animal
• National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS)
• Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN)
• Our Hen House Podcast
  Dr. Murry Cohen - "You Can Judge the Morality of a Nation By How Well It Treats Its Animals"
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
• The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS):
  - Reopening a Cruel Chapter, at UW-Madison, in Maternal Deprivation Experiments
  - Moral cost of monkey deprivation studies is too high
• Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN)
  - Watchdog Group Calls for Animal Cruelty Prosecution of University of Wisconsin-Madison; Asks Dane County to File Charges (December 2014)
  - Federal Oversight Agency Cites UW-Madison Primate Center for 36 Escapes, 3 Deaths and Burn Injuries After Watchdog Group Complaints; Watchdog Calls UW Lab 'Incompetent' (October 2014)

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CONTACT: [email protected]

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