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Inside the Laboratories of UC Davis: The Truth About Primate Experimentation
By Michael A. Budkie,
A.H.T., Executive Director, SAEN
513-575-5517 saen@saenonline.org
Conclusion
It is clear from the information presented in this
report that all is not well within the laboratories of the University of
California, Davis/California Primate Research Center. Based upon the
primate health care records examined for this report it is clear that
the monkeys within these labs are afflicted with serious pathological
conditions which cause them substantial suffering. Apparently 1/3 of the
monkeys who die at this facility are allowed to reach such an advanced
state of disease that the laboratory’s own staff refers to them as
suffering from inanition and dehydration.
The experiments in which the primates at this facility
are used are no less serious for them. Typical experiments deprive them
of water, confine them to restraint chairs, and bolt devices to their
skulls. Other protocols subject these animals to induced stress, brain
lesions, seriously infectious diseases, etc.
Yet throughout all of these situations the staff of UC
Davis have maintained in legally required reports that none of the 9648
animals who were subjected to experimentation during the 2000 – 2001
reporting years experienced any pain or distress. The only possible
conclusion which can be drawn from this information is that officials at
UC Davis have deliberately misled the public and have filed false and
misleading reports with the United States Department of Agriculture.
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