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You can save newborn monkeys from animal experimenters who want to tear them away from their mothers. And you can do it TODAY.
A new bill (H.1948, S.1167) introduced in the Massachusetts legislature by Senator Joan B. Lovely (D-2nd Essex) and Representative Sean Reid (D-11th Essex) would prohibit experimenters from separating infant primates from their mothers for the first year of their lives. Your action is urgently needed.
This photo, taken in Livingstone’s lab, appears in a publication in which she acknowledges that mother monkeys become distressed when their babies are stolen from them.
The bill follows PETA’s work exposing the horrors of Harvard Medical School experimenter Margaret Livingstone, who ripped newborn rhesus macaques from their mothers and subjected them to visual deprivation procedures for a year or more by forcing them to wear goggles that distorted their vision. She even sewed some monkeys’ eyelids shut.
After a 31-month PETA campaign, the feds yanked funding for Livingstone’s cruel experiments. But unless this bill passes, they could happen again.
Our calls to end this nightmare prompted Massachusetts animal advocacy group Speak Up For Animals, Inc., to work with state legislators on the bill.
Taking newborn monkeys away from their mothers is a widely discouraged practice since it causes lifelong physiological and psychological damage. After our exposé, nearly 400 scientists and animal welfare experts demanded the termination of Livingstone’s experiments.
What You Can Do
Please contact your state lawmakers TODAY and strongly urge them to support this bill. (Note: If one of your lawmakers is already cosponsoring this bill you’ll be able to send a thank-you message.)
After you take action, you’ll see an easy way to share this information. Please ask five friends or relatives to support this campaign!