It’s been some eighty years since primate research began at UW–Madison, bringing with it a hornet’s nest of ethical debate. For the most part, the public ignores the vitriol, viewing the rhetoric on both sides as extreme and out of touch with our normal, everyday concerns. Meanwhile the monkeys–in Madison, thousands of them–continue to live and die in captivity. Is it high time humankind decided what we think about it? (Story excerpt. Full story unavailable online.)
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