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

Peta released video footage showing experiments at the University of Washington's primate research center where newborn macaques were separated from their mothers and subjected to neurological tests after prenatal exposure to a neurotoxin called domoic acid. The six-year study, which received over $4.2 million in NIH funding, involved 28 infant monkeys that were removed from their mothers shortly after birth and kept in individual housing while undergoing brain damage assessments. Animal welfare experts argue the research was unethical, as infant macaques have long-term maternal care needs for proper development, and the monkeys were killed after the experiments concluded.