Monkeys are shown trapped inside metal cages, with experts saying their behaviour demonstrates the effects of the "loneliness and psychosis" they endure. The animals have been described as "broken, defeated, defenseless monkeys" who were separated from their mothers at birth. (Image: YouTube)The group had launched legal action to see video of experiments led by the University of Massachusetts’ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences department. "Kept in austere cages barely larger than themselves, sensitive and naturally social monkeys suffer from profound loneliness and psychosis. PETA filed a lawsuit demanding to see video of the experiments involving rhesus macaques, which have been doing on for around 20 years.

Source: Daily Mirror July 01, 2020 13:33 UTC