Monkey No. 30.003 - Boundaries on Animal Testing

30.003 is a long-tailed macaque. He doesn’t have a name. His home is a cage in a University lab, where he, along with other monkeys, is used as test subject for basic research.

Many view animal testing, especially with monkeys who are our closest living biological relatives, as pointless and cruel. Why? Because despite their biological similarities, accurate results on the effects of a drug can only be attained after human testing. Nevertheless, animal testing is still legal.

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