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Monkeys Infected, Isolated, and Killed at UC-Davis Lab—Help End This

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Thousands of animals—including ones who may be just hours old—are being traumatized, infected with deadly viruses, and killed at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) at the University of California-Davis.

Experimenters here have strapped masks onto monkeys' heads, forcing them to breathe in toxic inhalants. Macaques are purposely kept thirsty, compelling them to comply with experimenters in exchange for a few drops of water or juice. These painful experiments waste tens of millions of dollars every year—and the results don't even apply to humans!

Can you imagine yourself in the place of the macaques in laboratories? Many are locked alone in barren metal cages that are so small they can only take one or two steps in any direction. And they have no control over anything that happens to them. Their suffering is almost unimaginable. But we can end it.

“When I learned that monkeys were being used in cruel experiments at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) at my school, I was horrified.”—Kara Long, Student at University of California–Davis

Please speak up for the thousands of monkeys trapped at the CNPRC.

Tell the UC-Davis Chancellor to Shut This Lab Down Now!

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Gary S.

May, Ph.D.

University of California, Davis

Message to {contact_data~firstName} {contact_data~lastName}:

Right now, approximately 5,000 primates are suffering at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) on the University of California–Davis campus. Some monkeys are deliberately kept thirsty to compel them to comply with experimenters in exchange for a few drops of water, while others have been forced to inhale toxic or harmful substances, such as smoke from tobacco and e-cigarette vaping.

In one study, macaques were infected with SIV, a primate virus that has failed to be a surrogate model for HIV infection, leading to severe and painful symptoms, including weight loss, tremors, and skin lesions. They were all killed and dissected.

The students on your campus—whose tuition fees are likely used, without their consent, to help fund these experimenters—do not approve of these violent, archaic acts of extreme cruelty and have petitioned to get the primate experiments shut down.

Humane research methods provide much more accurate and human-relevant results. UC-Davis must transform the CNPRC into a scientific center that's dedicated to using modern, animal-free research methods. Taxpayer dollars and student tuition shouldn't be used to fund cruelty to animals.

Please, stop allowing painful and archaic animal experiments to take place on your campus.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
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