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Media Coverage Total federal grant money doled out for animal research in 2003 Total federal grant money Emory University received last year for
animal research Number of violations of the Animal Welfare Act committed at Emory's
Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in the past three years Emory's rank among the nation's top 50 research facilities receiving
the most animal experimentation money Emory's rank among the nation's 25 animal research facilities to face
the most Animal Welfare Act violations Number of primates in captivity at Yerkes in 2003 Number of primates that died that year from causes attributed to
research Percentage of days during a female bonobo primate's menstrual cycle
that she experienced sexual arousal while in captivity at Yerkes Percentage of days of sexual arousal for a female bonobo in the wild
Number of Yerkes researchers conducting "pointless" research,
according to an online tabloid, for trying to determine whether gibbons
monkeys with larger penises have more sex Sources: Stop Animal Exploitation Now, Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects, National Institute of Health Office of Extramural Research, The Monkey Wars, American Scientist, www.purewatergazette.net Return to Media Coverage |
