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hunter

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2. Good. I'm not against all animal testing, but so much of it is not ethical...

Fri Jan 9, 2015, 01:37 PM

Jan 2015

... merely pushed by military interests, commercial interests, or unnecessarily competitive "publish or perish" academic environments.

Ethical standards for monkey research ought to approach "first world" standards for human research, and in some ways ought to be stricter, recognizing the fact that monkeys cannot volunteer to participate in medical experiments.

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Millionaire Spends Stunning Amount of Money to Save 1,400 Monkeys From Medical Experimentation [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2015 OP

du rec. xchrom Jan 2015 #1

Good. I'm not against all animal testing, but so much of it is not ethical... hunter Jan 2015 #2

Hey, it's a good thing packman Jan 2015 #3

k and r. look at those wonderful beings! niyad Jan 2015 #4

good for him…. dhill926 Jan 2015 #5

Monkeys, you say? (nt) Recursion Jan 2015 #6

For a moment there I thought it was uncle Bertie, his wife and kids. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #7

. Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #12

Now there's a man putting money to good use. Bet he sleeps well. sinkingfeeling Jan 2015 #8

+100 narnian60 Jan 2015 #9

So that's who Sea Shepherd named the boat after! shenmue Jan 2015 #10

Is that show any good? F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #17

Yes shenmue Jan 2015 #18

K&R napkinz Jan 2015 #11

Those macaques look so intelligent. hedda_foil Jan 2015 #13

+1 nt Live and Learn Jan 2015 #16

great Beringia Jan 2015 #14

Kicked Enthusiast Jan 2015 #15