Aragorn and Isildur need your help
Action Alert from All-Creatures.org
FROM Citizens for
Alternatives to Animal Research and Experimentation (CAARE)
October 2019
ACTION
A CAARE investigation has revealed that John Hopkins University has been
keeping monkeys cruelly confined in a laboratory to study the problem of
human gambling. We have learned that at least two monkeys, Aragorn and
Isildur, have been used in invasive brain experiments, including extreme
confinement.
In Aragorn’s case, he’s been subjected to these experiments for nearly a
decade.
INFORMATION
These hideous experiments, aimed at investigating which region of the human brain is involved in gambling, consist of teaching the monkeys how to “gamble” by prolonged fluid deprivation and rewarding them with miniscule amounts of water – droplets so small they are measured in thousandths of an ounce – when interacting with computer simulations.
Once they are trained, a hexagonal contraption is implanted into their
brains that allows for the insertion of multiple electrodes to record
neuronal activity.
Throughout the experiments Aragorn and Isildur are shackled in full body
restraints including a head locking device, while being held inside a
noise-isolated chamber and wearing an eye-tracking device.
In one study alone, Aragorn and Isildur were subjected to this torture
for a total of 1,399 trials.
Pathological gambling, an addiction similar to substance abuse, exists only
in humans. It is unknown in the world of monkeys, making these experiments
not just cruel but also totally useless for humans.
Outrageously, over $5 million federal dollars have already been spent on
this madness, while there are far more effective and human-based methods for
studying gambling addiction.
Utilizing non-invasive brain monitoring, neuroscientists can directly study
blood flow and electrical activity in the human brain as human volunteers
carry out tasks with computers or simulated casino games, including people
with actual gambling disorders.
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