by Jennifer Molidor The University of Wisconsin is at it again
with the renewal of horrific “maternal deprivation tests.”
Recently in hot water for their horrendous experiments on cats,
the UW’s psychological tests on monkeys top the list of sadistic
treatment of sentient beings. What do the tests do? Infant
monkeys are immediately removed from their mothers after birth
and kept in total isolation. They will be given “surrogate”
materials known to provoke heightened anxieties. For 42 days,
the confused infants will be subjected to relentless fear and
panic-inducing tests while totally isolated. These tests include
being intentionally terrified by human researchers, being left
alone with a live King snake, and being left alone in a strange
room with a strange monkey. They will then be killed and
dissected. Haven’t we done this before? A 10-year study by the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has already determined that
isolating infant monkeys leads to self-mutilation. Surely we
could establish this common-se