Massive Oregon Monkey Lab to Negotiate End to Experiments

In a colossal breakthrough for monkeys and science, the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) board of directors unanimously passed a resolution today authorizing negotiations with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to end experiments on monkeys and transition the federally funded Oregon National Primate Center to a sanctuary for the more than 5,000 monkeys it now holds. This follows sustained pressure from PETA, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), Oregon legislators, Governor Tina Kotek, and tens of thousands of Oregonians. During these discussions, the primate center will stop breeding monkeys as OHSU works with NIH to devise a plan to end the torment and killing of 1,200 monkeys a year in pointless tests.