Peta releases video showing experiments on infant monkeys at Univ of Washington

A still from the footage obtained by Peta. Photograph: Peta A still from the footage obtained by Peta. Photograph: Peta Washington state Peta releases video showing experiments on infant monkeys at University of Washington Animal-rights group released video footage that shows distressed baby macaques undergoing lab experiments

Prefer the Guardian on Google Footage released by the animal-rights group Peta reveals, for the first time, filmed experiments at the University of Washington’s National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC), in which newborn monkeys were separated from their mothers and subjected to neurological tests after prenatal exposure to a neurotoxin.

Records show that the infant monkeys, some just two days old, were used in research on domoic acid, a toxin produced by marine algae that accumulates in shellfish and can cause illness in humans. The experiments were part of a project that ran for six years until 2020.