{"id":124847,"date":"2010-06-22T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/primates-laboratories\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T17:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:55:59","slug":"primates-laboratories","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-experimentation\/primates-laboratories\/","title":{"rendered":"Primates in Laboratories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-beyondwords-player\"><div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year in the U.S., more than 107,000 primates are imprisoned in laboratories, where most of them are abused and killed in invasive, painful, and terrifying experiments. While it is well known that primates are sensitive, intelligent beings, experimenters treat them as if they were disposable pieces of laboratory equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>WATCH:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-player\"><div class=\"widescreen-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"AirCruelty: Inside the Labs of Two of the Largest U.S. Primate Importers\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/489186903?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Primates End Up in Laboratories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Primates abused in experiments are bred<\/strong> in government or commercial facilities, <strong>born in laboratories<\/strong>, or <strong>captured in the wild<\/strong> in countries such as China, Cambodia, and the island of Mauritius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_covance15.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124841\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_covance15.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_covance15-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_covance15-400x273.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Babies born in laboratories are forcibly torn from their screaming mothers<\/strong> and permanently separated from them\u2014usually within three days of birth. Numerous investigations have found that<strong> in order to abduct primates from their homes in the wild, trappers often shoot mothers from trees<\/strong>, stun the animals with dart guns, and then capture the babies, who cling, panic-stricken, to their mothers&#8217; bodies. Some wildlife traders catch whole primate families in baited traps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> animals are packed into tiny crates<\/strong> <strong>with little to no food or water<\/strong> and are taken to filthy holding centers, where they await long and terrifying trips in the <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.peta.org\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=3888\">cargo holds of passenger airlines<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Monkey-in-crate-Dulles-demo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1127523\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Monkey-in-crate-Dulles-demo.jpg 385w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Monkey-in-crate-Dulles-demo-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Their destination: laboratories like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/covance-incs-cruel-animal-experimentation\/\">Covance<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/dirty-dozen-12-worst-ceos\/\">Charles River Laboratories<\/a>, laboratory dealers like <a href=\"http:\/\/investigations.peta.org\/pain-fear-death-primate-products\/\">Primate Products, Inc.<\/a>, or primate breeding centers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/headlines.peta.org\/monkey-importation\/\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">Inside the Monkey Importation Industry <em>\u2192<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/photos-reveal-grim-reality-for-monkeys-transported-to-labs\/\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">Photos Reveal how Monkeys are Transported to Labs <em>\u2192<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deprivation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After enduring a traumatic separation from their families<\/strong> and\/or homes, <strong>primates in laboratories are usually confined to barren steel cages<\/strong>\u2014a far cry from the lush forests and savannahs where they would otherwise live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-beluga-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-990f8f10 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\">\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In their natural habitats, primates may travel for miles, foraging for a variety of foods, socializing with family and friends, climbing hills, swinging from vines, swimming in rivers, scampering across fields, and cavorting with their companions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2804.580_5F00_SNBL-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122850\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2804.580_5F00_SNBL-pic-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2804.580_5F00_SNBL-pic-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2804.580_5F00_SNBL-pic-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In laboratories, these <strong>animals have barely enough room to sit, stand, lie down, or turn around<\/strong>. The rich days full of sensory stimulation that they should be experiencing are replaced by days that are <strong>devoid of color, scent, and almost every other type of environmental enrichment<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At most, the primates in laboratories are given cheap plastic toys, scratched mirrors, and the occasional slice of apple or banana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/headlines.peta.org\/quick-ways-help-monkeys-primates\/#action\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">Quick Ways to Help Primates in Laboratories <em>\u2192<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Loneliness, Boredom, and Insanity Inside Laboratories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3438.580_5F00_image3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122852\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3438.580_5F00_image3.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3438.580_5F00_image3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3438.580_5F00_image3-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Research shows that <strong>90 percent of primates in laboratories exhibit abnormal behaviors<\/strong> that are caused by the physical abuse, psychological stress, social isolation, and barren confinement that they are forced to endure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Many go insane<\/strong>, rocking back and forth, pacing endlessly in the cages, and engaging in repetitive motions such as back-flipping. They even <strong>engage in acts of self-mutilation<\/strong>, including tearing out their own hair or biting their own flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-beluga-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-990f8f10 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\">\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Video footage<\/strong> taken inside <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covancecruelty.com\/\">Covance<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/utah-labs\/\">University of Utah<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/onprc\/\">Oregon National Primate Research Center<\/a>\u00a0illustrates the extent of the <strong>insanity that can result when primates are completely deprived of meaningful sensory stimulation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/who-is-dorothy-experiments-monkeys-university-washington\/\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">Meet a Monkey Used for Breeding and Experiments <em>\u2192<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pain and Misery for Primates in Laboratories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides having their most fundamental needs and desires disregarded, <strong>primates imprisoned in laboratories are subjected to painful and traumatic procedures<\/strong>, including the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"306\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/the_2D00_covance_2D00_monkey.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124844\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/the_2D00_covance_2D00_monkey.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/the_2D00_covance_2D00_monkey-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/the_2D00_covance_2D00_monkey-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Pharmaceutical tests:<\/b> In these tests, <strong>thick <a href=\"\/features\/covance-incs-cruel-animal-experimentation.aspx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gavage tubes<\/a> are forced up primates&#8217; nostrils or down the animals&#8217; throats<\/strong> so that experimental drugs can be pumped into their stomachs\u2014even though the National Institutes of Health reports that <em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-red-color\">animal tests have an appalling 95 percent failure rate<\/mark><\/strong><\/em> in predicting the safety and\/or effectiveness of pharmaceuticals. Video footage taken by a whistleblower inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/imprisoned-poisoned\/\">SNBL<\/a>\u00a0reveals the anguish and trauma that monkeys used in pharmaceutical tests endure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"382\" class=\"wp-image-124845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_covance_2D00_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_covance_2D00_4.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_covance_2D00_4-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_covance_2D00_4-400x263.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Vaccine tests:<\/b> Rhesus <strong>monkeys are given infectious diseases<\/strong> and then used as test subjects for experimental vaccines. Even though <em>decades of these experiments on primates have <strong>failed<\/strong> to produce effective vaccines for humans<\/em>, monkeys are still infected with HIV-like diseases that <strong>cause them to suffer acute weight loss, major organ failure, breathing problems, and neurological disorders<\/strong> before they die excruciatingly painful deaths <strong>or are killed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Military experiments and training:<\/b> In recent experiments conducted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-experimentation\/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets\/military-war-animals\/\">military<\/a>, primates were <strong>exposed to anthrax and infected with botulism and bubonic plague<\/strong>. In archaic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/medical-experts-shoot-military-experiments\/\">chemical casualty training exercises<\/a> that were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/victory-army-discharge-monkeys-lab\/\">ended<\/a> after protests from PETA, squirrel monkeys were poisoned with nerve agents that caused them to convulse, even though human-patient simulators exist and provide more effective training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"983\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Baby-Monkey-with-Cloth-and-Bottle1.jpg\" alt=\"Baby monkey with cloth and bottle\" class=\"wp-image-700931\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Baby-Monkey-with-Cloth-and-Bottle1.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Baby-Monkey-with-Cloth-and-Bottle1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Baby-Monkey-with-Cloth-and-Bottle1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Maternal-deprivation experiments:<\/b> These unbelievably cruel studies began more than five decades ago when Harry Harlow infamously pulled baby primates away from their mothers, giving them only rag dolls or noxious wire &#8220;mothers&#8221; as substitutes. Even though we know the negative implications of separating babies from their mothers, similar experiments are conducted today at places such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/investigations.peta.org\/nih-baby-monkey-experiments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Institutes of Health<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/terrorizing-monkeys-mr-potato-head\/\">Oregon National Primate Research Center<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/primate-photos-land-wake-forest-trouble\/\">Wake Forest University<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/experimenters-starve-monkeys-learn-nothing\/\">University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/unauthorized-surgeries-uw\/\">University of Washington<\/a>, where <strong>infant monkeys are torn from their mothers in order intentionally to cause psychological trauma<\/strong> and examine the harm that results. In some recent egregious studies, experimenters looked at the connection between maternal deprivation and whether the baby monkeys became right-handed or left-handed or how it affected the animals&#8217; alcohol-drinking behavior later in life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-player\"><div class=\"widescreen-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Baby Monkey Experiments Exposed: National Institutes of Health\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/610831130?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/investigations.peta.org\/nih-baby-monkey-experiments\/\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\">PETA Exposes Maternal Deprivation Experiments on Baby Monkeys <em>\u2192<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Invasive brain experiments:<\/b> In disturbingly common experiments at universities across the country\u2014including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/utah-labs-cruelty\/\">University of Utah<\/a>, the <a href=\"\/b\/thepetafiles\/archive\/tags\/ucsf\/default.aspx\">University of California\u2014San Francisco<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/unauthorized-surgeries-uw\/\">University of Washington<\/a>,<strong> monkeys have holes drilled into their skulls, metal restraint devices screwed into their heads, and electrodes inserted into their brains<\/strong>. Experimenters at <a href=\"\/features\/columbia-university-cruelty-deadly-animal-experimentation.aspx\/\">Columbia University<\/a>\u00a0caused strokes in baboons by removing their left eyeballs and using the empty eye sockets to clamp critical blood vessels leading to their brains. Some animals have portions of their brains destroyed or removed to impair their cognitive function or cripple them. These sensitive, intelligent animals then have their bodies immobilized in restraint chairs and their heads bolted into place as they are forced to perform a variety of behavioral tasks while their brain activity is recorded. In order to coerce the monkeys to cooperate, they are sometimes deprived of water for up to 24 hours at a time. When the experiments conclude, most of the animals are killed and their brains are removed and dissected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_monkey_2D00_frik_2D00_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111126\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_monkey_2D00_frik_2D00_2.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_monkey_2D00_frik_2D00_2-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/580_2D00_monkey_2D00_frik_2D00_2-400x275.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Primates in Laboratories That Need Your Help<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/headlines.peta.org\/save-money-save-monkeys\/\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">Stop Funding the National Primate Research Centers <em>\u2192<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/headlines.peta.org\/who-is-beamish-the-monkey\/\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">Meet Beamish, a Monkey Prisoner at NIH <em>\u2192<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/headlines.peta.org\/research-modernization-new-deal\/\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">Support PETA&#8217;s Plan for Research Modernization Now <em>\u2192<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-bright-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/headlines.peta.org\/marmosets-die-at-umass\/\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">Marmosets Die at University of Massachusetts-Amherst <em>\u2192<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-petablue-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/headlines.peta.org\/monkeys-abducted-in-colombia\/\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">HELP! Ban <em>Capture of Monkeys<\/em> for Biomedical Experiments <em>\u2192<\/em> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"124847\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year in the United States, more than 50,000 primates are used in gruesome, painful, and often pointless experiments which few 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