At the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) experimenter Agnes Lacreuse drills holes in the turtles of little monkeys, inserts electrodes through their abdomen, attaches them to restraints, and overheats them with hand warmers to simulate the hot flashes associated with menopause they don’t even experience. naturally. PETA scientists met with University of Massachusetts officials to discuss upgrading their research program, including by eliminating experiments on sensitive monkeys like those in Lacrèse’s lab, but the school suddenly ended in good faith discussions due to its animal experimenters. We call on UMass to return to the negotiating table.
PETA Blog: The Feigned Science of a University of Massachusetts Experimenter Couldn’t Pass the Test, Even on the Playground
May 19, 2021
Monkeys never go through menopause, but University of Massachusetts experimenter Agnes Lacrese pulled more than $ 3.8 million in hard-earned taxpayer money to pretend. She has come up with such a ridiculous trick that even the first graders sitting in the sandpit look away: she uses hand warmers on tiny monkeys to simulate hot flashes. Don’t miss the whisper in the schoolyard – get the sensation here.
The ad urges UMass to stop clinging to medieval methods and embrace 21st Century Research
May 15, 2021
PETA’s striking full-page ad IN Boston Globe and Daily Hampshire Gazette, which Massachusetts residents saw while browsing the morning newspaper on the weekend of May 15, are forcing UMass to renew negotiations with PETA about exchanging its archaic animal experiments for modern methods. The university had previously met with PETA scientists to discuss reducing suffering in their laboratories, but then slammed the door to further dialogue.
The PETA exhibit highlights the plight of discordant animals used in experiments
May 6, 2021
Focusing on tales of animals that have been cut, poisoned, maimed and killed during a century of painful and deadly experimentation, PETA’s “Without Consent” exhibition challenges institutions including UMass to reimagine this exploitative, costly, cruel and archaic idea. … science and replace it with the latest animal-free research. The traveling exhibit fell in Amherst North Town Common, but you don’t need to be near Massachusetts to see it virtually.
Demand UMass to resume negotiations with animals