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Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), home to the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) should be required to close this troubled facility, and your state representatives can make this happen.
There are many good reasons lawmakers should take action.
OHSU has a long history of failing to abide by state and federal animal welfare laws at its primate center, which imprisons more than 5,000 monkeys. Public records have documented workers drinking alcohol on the job, as well as a long history of careless handling and inadequate veterinary care. Officials even requested special exemptions for sanitizing monkeys’ cages only half as often as required in 2022 and 2023, because the facility was so short-staffed.
In 2023, an infant monkey was crushed to death by a heavy steel guillotine-style door in front of her frantic mother. The school also illegally surveilled PETA and violated open-records laws by refusing to release video of macaques used in some of its cruel experiments, a circuit court ruled.
Experimenting on monkeys may have sounded like a good idea in 1960, when the facility was opened, but it has failed to produce treatments and cures for humans. Harvard recognized this a decade ago and closed its national primate research center.
A majority of Oregonians want the primate center closed, and a majority of all Americans oppose the use of animals for experimentation altogether.
What You Can Do
Time is of the essence! Oregon legislators could and should support HB 3978 which would require the closure of the cruel and pointless primate center. PETA urges every Oregonian to please TAKE ACTION today and urge your state representatives to support this bill.
After you take action, you’ll see an easy way to share this information. Please ask five friends or relatives to support this campaign!