Washington National Primate Research Center Director Fired

Michele Basso was removed as director of the Washington National Primate Research Center just two months after we provided the University of Washington Board of Regents with evidence of her failings and called for her dismissal. As the face of the primate center, Basso embodied the inhumanity, arrogance, and sheer incompetence of the institution. She refused to work cooperatively with staff, botched surgical implants in the skulls of monkeys, and oversaw multiple violations of federal animal welfare laws and worker injuries.