A PETA investigation has revealed grotesque abuses
to animals in laboratories at Columbia University, including
subjecting baboons to invasive surgeries and leaving
them to suffer and die in their cages without any painkillers.
This horrific story came to our attention when a courageous
whistleblower, Dr. Catherine Dell'Orto, a postdoctoral
veterinary fellow at Columbia, stepped forward to tell
us what she had witnessed.
Like most animals who live far away from humans,
baboons are known only by the stereotypes that have
been created by movies and media. But those who
study these animals by going to their homelands
and watching them in their natural habitats—rather
than observing them in unnatural laboratory settings—understand
that baboons are highly intelligent, curious, and
social animals. They live in complex groups of 10
to 200 and depend on each other for companionship,
affection, and survival.
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