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Rick Marolt: Who will defend monkey experiments?

Dear Editor:

Research proves that monkeys think, feel, and relate to each other much like people do. They deserve ethical consideration similar to the consideration given to people. But UW-Madison and Covance hold thousands of monkeys in neurosis-inducing conditions and conduct brutal and fatal experiments on them.

Kevin Reilly, UW System president, has refused to study the ethical problems raised by the research proving these animals’ similarity to us.