Animal welfare campaigners called the litany of allegations against the research organizations “the stuff of nightmares”. The university and private research facilities hold thousands of primates for research and collectively receive more than $300m in taxpayer money from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Last year, Harvard University and the University of Oklahoma both decided to wind down their respective primate research programs. If you repeatedly violate the law, you need to be shut down.”Each of the research facilities were contacted for comment. “Incidents at UC Davis involving animal care are rare,” he said.

Source: The Guardian October 28, 2016 18:22 UTC