by Stop UBC Animal Research
An UBC report obtained by Stop UBC Animal Research states that one
researcher is
using four to eight non-human primates to create in the animals “a new,
progressively degenerative ‘model’ of Parkinson’s Disease.”
According to
the
document, the UBC researcher’s experiment “uses rhesus monkeys which are
receiving injections of proteasomal inhibitors into their brains.
Head-holding
devices have been surgically implanted into the monkeys’ brains, and
protrude
from the top of the monkeys’ heads, to be hooked up to frames when the
researchers want to totally immobilize the animals presumably for
injection of
drugs and for scans at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.
The monkeys have been
scanned
after implantation but before injection, for baseline (or starting
point)
information.
WHAT: Stop
UBC
Animal Research will be staging a week-long vigil and public
outreach
effort at UBC to protest UBC’s cruel experiments on monkeys. Next month,
the university is expected to kill four monkeys currently used in
research at UBC. Animal advocates will be dressed in monkey costumes to
help bring
attention
to the issue and will call on UBC to release the primates to a
sanctuary.
WHEN: From
Monday, March 28th until Friday, April 1, Stop UBC Animal
Research will be
maintaining a presence on the UBC campus. Each day, members of the animal advocacy group
will gather at the UBC Student Union Building. During that week, Stop
UBC
Animal Research will be on the UBC campus in shifts from 9AM-12 and
12-4PM.
WHERE:
UBC Student Union Building. (Click here for
SUB address and directions.)
WHY:
Earlier this year, Stop
UBC Animal Research learned of UBC's experiments on
non-human primates. According to documents obtained by the organization, UBC has been:
Injecting toxins into monkeys' brains
to simulate “parkinsonism.”
VISUALS: Activists dressed in
monkey
costumes; Stop UBC Animal Research banner; information table.
QUOTE:
"Four
monkeys are sitting on UBC's death row," said Mya Wollf of Stop UBC
Animal Research. "The clock is ticking for these poor animals. We're
here this week urging UBC to grant the monkeys a stay of execution."
