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Provocative PETA Street Art Blitz Targets Washington Primate Center
As families gather for Thanksgiving, they’re likely to see images of a traumatized baby monkey torn from her family and abused by experimenters. The thought-provoking street art, part of collaboration with Colombian street artist Praxis, demands that the Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC) at the University of Washington—and the other six federally funded national primate research centers around the country—be shut down.
“The University of Washington has squandered tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to make monkeys miserable and has failed to produce a marketable vaccine or cure for deadly human diseases,” says PETA Vice President Dr. Alka Chandna. “UW must shut down its failed laboratory and send the monkeys to reputable sanctuaries where they could live out the rest of their lives n peace.”
Despite 60 years of promises, the WaNPRC has failed to deliver effective vaccines against AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, Zika, or any other deadly diseases. Monkeys at the facility have died from strangulation, starvation, dehydration, being mauled by other stressed monkeys, and choking on their own vomit and because of veterinary error. Numerous monkeys have been allowed to escape. The facility is currently under investigation by two federal agencies for these and other concerns.
Locations for this artwork include the University, Fremont, and Capitol Hill districts as well as downtown.
PETA has also posted a billboard reading, “There’s a Better Way. Use It!” at the busy Pike Place Fish Market showing a traumatized monkey, like those seen in the first-ever publicly released video taken inside the laboratory, urging experimenters to opt for a better way.
The billboard is located at 1426 First Ave., at the intersection with Pike Place, just 1 mile from the WaNPRC.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information on PETA’s newsgathering and reporting, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
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Looking to Adopt a New Canine Pal? ‘Carmen’ Get Her
You know how when you travel, you always come home with more than you left with? That happened to a PETA staffer recently, after a trip to Mexico. The staffer flew down south to help with a PETA-sponsored spay/neuter event in a small town a few hours outside Cancún—and returned with an additional 8 pounds. That’s 8 pounds of the most heart-melting, most aww-inducing cuteness you’ve ever seen. Go on, we triple dog dare you to look at this face and not smile:
This sweet girl was named Carmen by the PETA staffer who rescued her.
Yeah, she’s pretty perfect. And she’s available for adoption.
A PETA staffer brought Carmen to the U.S., but we’re hoping you might be the one to bring this sweet girl home.
In Mexico, where the companion animal overpopulation crisis is dire, millions of dogs live on the streets. Carmen was found homeless in Cancún. When a local good Samaritan took her to an animal shelter, she had internal parasites and ticks.
A shelter worker examines Carmen in Mexico.
Her shyness and fearfulness made it clear that she hadn’t had many positive interactions with humans, but our staffer was eager to show her that humans can be kind—and sometimes they can even be family.
Carmen got some food and TLC upon arriving at PETA’s shelter.
Now, Carmen is in a foster home that she shares with kids, another dog, and a cat. Her foster family reports that she’s doing well (although the fun and games with her new friends are a little tiring).
Carmen naps with her blanket and teddy bear.
Carmen is a puppy—about 3 months old. We suspect that she’s a hound mix who will likely be a medium-size dog once she’s fully grown. Seriously, we can’t with these ears!
Interested in giving Carmen a loving home? Keep reading!
Like any puppy, she needs proper socialization. If you’re someone who’s home much of the day, you might be the perfect person to help this deserving dog learn and thrive. Send an e-mail to Adopt@peta.org to learn more about adopting her.
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