Support funding to transform a Primate Research Center to a Sanctuary
On Feb. 9, the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) approved a Resolution to transform the Oregon National Primate Research Center and make it a sanctuary for its resident monkeys. Now, OHSU seeks funding and support from the National Institutes of Health to make this transition.
Animals do not belong to research facilities like the Oregon National Primate Research Center.
An estimated 4 animals die every second in experiments around the world.
Worldwide, over 115 million animals are used in research and testing, force-fed products to find out how much will kill them, infected with disease, burnt, blinded - all this, when we already know that each species responds differently to substances. Results of animal tests can be affected by the animal's age, diet, bedding materials, even the laboratory environment. Results have also been found to vary from laboratory to laboratory.
Artificially created diseases in laboratory animals as 'models' of human disease like arthritis, are not the same as the disease in the real world in humans, so can produce misleading results. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) specified in its Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies that "Over 90% of drugs that appear safe and effective in animals do not go on to receive FDA approval in humans predominantly due to safety and/or efficacy issues."
The research is generally conducted in secret, so the pain and suffering of these animals is not subjected to wider scientific and public scrutiny, and promotion of use of modern, advanced techniques.
In US laboratories alone, an estimated 15+ million animals are experimented on each year. Government figures show nearly 650,000 animals died including guinea pigs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, and monkeys, but many are shocked to learn that this excludes the use of birds, mice, and rats, who are estimated to be used for 95% of experiments.
In US laboratories alone, an estimated 15+ million animals are experimented on each year. Government figures show nearly 650,000 animals died including guinea pigs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, and monkeys, but many are shocked to learn that this excludes the use of birds, mice, and rats, who are estimated to be used for 95% of experiments.
In the time it has taken you to read to here, around 250 animals will have died in experiments, and we are unlikely to ever find out why.
We must support efforts to rehouse animals used in research in sanctuaries.