THE US Department of Agriculture is looking into claims that monkeys and chimpanzees are being mistreated at a major research laboratory.
These claims stem from an by the Humane Society of the United States into the , part of the University of Louisiana in Lafayette. The centre does research for pharmaceutical companies and the National Institutes of Health. The Humane Society alleges that animals are in “extreme psychological distress” due to cramped housing and rough handling, and that some animals have been self-harming.
“The animals are in ‘extreme psychological distress’ due to cramped housing and poor handling, it is alleged”…
