UW’s Primate Research Center plays a major part in the torture
and killing of primates every year. UW researchers have been
confirmed in committing widespread violations of animal
protection regulations. These violations involve studies in
which experimenters cut off the tops of monkeys’ skulls, insert
electrodes into their brains, and implant wire coils in their
eyes. The monkeys are then restrained in experimentation chairs,
with their heads bolted in place so that they can’t move while
experimenters track their eye movements. They are kept hungry or
thirsty much of the time so that they’ll comply during tests to
get a sip of water or a bite of food.