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Free the CU 34 Protests at Board of Regents Meeting
For 17 years, Mark Laudenslager conducted cruel maternal separation
experiments on macaque monkeys at the University of Colorado (CU) using
millions of dollars in taxpayers' money. These experiments continued despite
the fact that almost identical research had already been performed decades
earlier. Funding for Laudenslager's experiments was finally withdrawn in
2003 after years of public pressure, but since then, the 34 monkeys have
been housed with the subjects of other heartless experiments in the basement
of a crumbling building on the CU campus. The dilapidated building, the
monkey's current barren home, does not meet minimum U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) housing standards.
For two years, IDA's Rita Anderson and other members of Free the CU 34 have
fought to have these primates transferred to a sanctuary that has already
agreed to provide for their care. However, CU officials are demanding an
outrageous $10,000 to $15,000 for each of the 34 monkeys. The group showed
up at a June 29th Board of Regents meeting to protest the continued
imprisonment of the CU34, some wearing monkey suits and masks to draw
attention to the animals' plight. Their silent protest was covered by the CU
faculty newspaper.
Click link to send an email message to the CU Regents asking them to send
the CU 34 monkeys to a waiting sanctuary.
http://ga0.org/campaign/FreeTheCU34 |
