Critter News
DECEMBER 5, 2009
PETA organized protests to stop these stupid radiation experiments on spider monkeys. Tags: animal research Stupid primates NASA. The purpose is to determine how astronauts would fare on the way to Mars. We can't even get out of Afghanistan and we're going to Mars. Give me an effing break.
Critter News
JULY 31, 2010
April Jean Evans was a NASA engineer, but resigned her position in protest over radiation experiments on monkeys. She's living with her brother now and falling into debt, but she is dedicated to working with PETA and other organizations to try to ban primates in experiments. That takes a lot of courage and conviction.
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Critter News
DECEMBER 9, 2010
For more than a year, we have worked to block NASA’s planned radiation experiments on live squirrel monkeys. We have just learned that the experiments have been cancelled. Due to the basic anatomical, biological, and physiological differences between squirrel monkeys and humans, these experiments were destined to fail.
Critter News
OCTOBER 9, 2010
Animal rights activists are targeting a University of Florida researcher for his role in experiments on primates — even though he says he doesn't personally conduct animal research. Tags: university of florida animal research activism primates. Wildwood-based activist Camille Marino runs the "Negotiation is Over!"
Animal Person
APRIL 14, 2009
He speaks of the "mixed message of the animal rights community" that animals are so much like us, yet not enough like us to experiment on. Then he and the interviewer describe some of the experiments. His rationale for using primates is that they are not on a "full trajectory" for becoming humans, like young children are.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. The Ethiopian population of this little known, long-bearded primate forms an isolated population restricted to this area, so this was a very satisfying find.
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