Video footage recorded inside a York University research facility by a whistleblower working with a U.S.-based group, Last Chance for Animals, reveals disturbing conditions and ethically questionable research practices. The research involves at least nine non human primates, six of whom have been confined at the facility in Ontario for up to 17 years.
In light of what was uncovered, we are urging the Ontario Government to strengthen Bill 75 further by extending it to protect non-human primates from harmful research.
At York University, monkeys reportedly are subjected to neurological experiments that include:
- Craniotomies and brain implants
- Repeated invasive surgical interventions
- Use of outdated eye-coil technologies requiring surgical implantation
- Severe water deprivation
Like dogs and cats, non-human primates are highly sentient, intelligent, and socially complex beings who experience pain, fear, and psychological distress. The harmful research procedures currently conducted on primates in Ontario at York University raise the same ethical concerns that prompted the Ontario Government’s commitment to protect dogs and cats.
By completing the action form above, you will make your voice heard. Help urge the Ontario government to amend Schedule 1 of Bill 75 to expand the prohibition on harmful research to include primates. By completing the action form above, you will make your voice heard. Help urge the Ontario government to prohibit harmful research on primates.