Java monkeys from Utrecht to the BPRC in 2009
One hundred and fifty Java monkeys from the University of Utrecht are going to be brought to the Rijswijk BPRC laboratory in 2009. The BPRC will ensure the housing and care of the animals. The Java monkeys will be used in behaviour studies for the students of the university. They fall under the responsibility of the research group for behaviour biology, which is part of the biology department.
The Dutch government finds this research so important that it granted 5 years and €200,000 to the BPRC as a contribution to cover the costs. The contribution has been intended for the housing of staff and students and for the care of the animals. The BPRC have been cooperating for a long time with the Ethology (Animal Behavior) Group from the university.
In previous years, the Dutch government has already put millions of euros into the monkey testing facility.
More monkeys nearby means a chance for the BPRC to get ahold of more Javanese monkeys from the university in order to breed them.
The arrival of the Javnese monkeys means that presently the BPRC again has the same number of monkeys that it had in 2002. Including the 150 Java monkeys arriving next year, there will be 1,450 monkeys housed in the monkey testing facilities in Rijswijk.
The Coalition AntiVivisection finds this absolutely unacceptable: "In Utrecht, mother monkeys with babies become separated from the group to analyze what kind of behaviour this produces. The result being that the separated monkeys show stereotypical behaviour and stress. Bravo for science!"
"These types of tests are both dated and ridiculous. It says nothing about monkey behaviour and it says nothing about social relationships between people. However it says a whole lot about these types of scientists as well as a lot about the government. These animals deserve a life without pain and fear, not a bleak existance in the monkey hell of Rijswijk."
On International Animal Day 700 people will be demonstrating for the closing down of the BPRC in Rijswijk.
See you there!
One hundred and fifty Java monkeys from the University of Utrecht are going to be brought to the Rijswijk BPRC laboratory in 2009. The BPRC will ensure the housing and care of the animals. The Java monkeys will be used in behaviour studies for the students of the university. They fall under the responsibility of the research group for behaviour biology, which is part of the biology department.
The Dutch government finds this research so important that it granted 5 years and €200,000 to the BPRC as a contribution to cover the costs. The contribution has been intended for the housing of staff and students and for the care of the animals. The BPRC have been cooperating for a long time with the Ethology (Animal Behavior) Group from the university.
In previous years, the Dutch government has already put millions of euros into the monkey testing facility.
More monkeys nearby means a chance for the BPRC to get ahold of more Javanese monkeys from the university in order to breed them.
The arrival of the Javnese monkeys means that presently the BPRC again has the same number of monkeys that it had in 2002. Including the 150 Java monkeys arriving next year, there will be 1,450 monkeys housed in the monkey testing facilities in Rijswijk.
The Coalition AntiVivisection finds this absolutely unacceptable: "In Utrecht, mother monkeys with babies become separated from the group to analyze what kind of behaviour this produces. The result being that the separated monkeys show stereotypical behaviour and stress. Bravo for science!"
"These types of tests are both dated and ridiculous. It says nothing about monkey behaviour and it says nothing about social relationships between people. However it says a whole lot about these types of scientists as well as a lot about the government. These animals deserve a life without pain and fear, not a bleak existance in the monkey hell of Rijswijk."
On International Animal Day 700 people will be demonstrating for the closing down of the BPRC in Rijswijk.
See you there!
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