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UW admits to causing brain damage to monkey during testing in primate lab
ACTION ALERT:
Dr. Robert Gibbens
Director, Animal Welfare Operations, USDA-APHIS
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Please levy the MAXIMUM FINE against the University of Washington for their
blatant disregard of the Animal Welfare Act which led to a severe brain
injury for a monkey. Their behavior should NOT be tolerated and MUST be
punished to the fullest extent of the law.
UW admits to causing brain damage to monkey during testing in primate lab
From KIRO7.com, April 26, 2023
A national animal rights organization said Wednesday that the University
of Washington admitted to making mistakes while testing animals in a primate
lab, causing brain damage to a monkey.
On Wednesday, animal rights organization Stop Animal Exploitation NOW (SAEN)
accused the UW of damaging a monkey’s brain during an experiment.
SAEN says the university admitted in its own report that “one nonhuman primate sustained an injury to the cerebral tissue during placement of a recording device … In this incident, the guide cannula was extended too far and caused trauma to the underlying tissue as the device was placed.”
According to SAEN, the school “has been brutally abusing primates for
years.” The organization has filed a federal complaint against the UW and is
calling for a fine of $12,272 for each violation.
KIRO 7 reached out to the UW for a statement, which reads:
The University of Washington takes the welfare of animals in our care very
seriously. The UW reports any such incidents itself to the appropriate
agencies, and this unfortunate incident was reported publicly at the March
16 meeting of the UW’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
A full review of the incident has taken place and changes to training
protocols have already been put in place to avoid such an accident occurring
in the future. The animal is doing well and is back in social housing.
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