A persistent, passionate and growing group of local activists took another step toward scoring a major victory that could shine some unwelcome light on the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
On Tuesday night, the County Health and Human Needs Committee voted 5-2 to pass a resolution which asks the chair of the Dane County Board to appoint a citizens advisory panel to examine whether or not experimenting on monkeys is humane and ethical. The resolution moves on to the Executive Committee at a yet-to-be-determined date, with the possibility that the full board will vote on it at some point during the summer.
Quoted: Eric Sandgren associate professor, School of Veterinary Medicine