Forcing Monkeys to Become Addicted to Cocaine Is Cruelty, Not Comedy: PETA Statement

For Immediate Release:
June 27, 2024

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Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382

Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding comments made on CNN today by political commentator Jonah Goldberg, who said Donald Trump’s statements sound like they came from an “escaped monkey from a cocaine study”:

It may sound bizarre that experimenters deliberately addict monkeys to cocaine, but this abuse masquerading as science is real—and unfortunately, there is no escape for these animals. Whoever wins the presidential race must recognize that experiments on animals are failing to lead to treatments for humans and should cut the National Institutes of Health’s budget for animal tests entirely and permanently.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.