Like most others who heard the tragic news, I was saddened to learn that five monkeys were shot and killed by sheriffs last week, and two others shot by area residents this week, when they escaped a transport truck carrying them from a primate lab at Tulane University, after it crashed in Jasper County, Miss. Tulane’s is one of seven federally funded facilities in the United States that house large numbers of primates for use in experiments.

The 21 monkeys being transported from Tulane are just a few of the approximately 100,000 primates currently held in these and other laboratories across the United States. Despite public opposition to the use of animals in experiments, these facilities continue to operate even though they have a long history of regular and numerous animal wel

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