Exhibit planned next to Primate Research Center

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The protesters next door

Activists plan to exhibit opposition near UW's monkey research labs

By MEGAN TWOHEY

Posted: July 23, 2005

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In June, a former middle school teacher turned primate defender signed a contract to purchase a cluster of buildings between the labs. He and other animal rights activists plan to create an exhibition hall on the site that will showcase what they say is the torturous reality of primate research. As a sign of what's to come, they have posted on the front of the biggest building a photo of a brown monkey with metal rods protruding from its head and a pained look on its face.

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Bogle, 52, was upset to hear that holes were drilled in the monkeys' heads to remove brain samples and that the research was repeated multiple times on different groups of monkeys.

He scanned the Internet to learn more about the federally funded primate research centers. Most disturbing to him were descriptions of monkeys whose backs were fitted with monitors and those whose skulls were punctured in order to insert metal wires with electrical tips in their brains. At the most basic level, he objected to placing the animals in captivity.

"I realized that there were hundreds of researchers doing similar things," Bogle said. "It became clear that there were a lot of animals suffering."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jul05/343351.asp

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1. The Primate Freedom Project

Here's their website. Lots of good info here:
http://www.primatefreedom.com/

Here's the new research hall's website, as well:
http://primateresearch.com/