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Thursday January 29, 2015

Plight Of Baby Lab Monkeys Reaches Congress

Actor-activist James Cromwell testified Tuesday on Capitol Hill about the use of infant rhesus monkeys at an NIH lab. Leigh Vogel/PETA hide caption

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Opinion

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Plight Of Baby Lab Monkeys Reaches Congress

January 29, 2015 • Experiments that separate newborn monkeys from their mothers came under scrutiny this week on Capitol Hill. Anthropologist Barbara J. King was among those who testified.

Thursday September 11, 2014

Still Now, Should Lab Monkeys Be Deprived Of Their Mothers?

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Opinion

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Still Now, Should Lab Monkeys Be Deprived Of Their Mothers?

September 11, 2014 • Scientists have known for 50 years that taking baby monkeys from their mothers causes them trauma. Commentator Barbara J. King asks why the practice continues today.