Allied Effort to Save Other Primates ~AESOP-Project~
Description: PETA's shocking undercover investigation inside Covance revealed that workers were striking, choking, and screaming curses at terrified monkeys.
For nearly a year, a PETA investigator worked undercover inside a Virginia laboratory owned and operated by Covance, one of the largest animal testing companies in the world. Our investigator documented unthinkable abuse and miserable conditions for the hundreds of monkeys who were unfortunate enough to be imprisoned in this facility.
PETA’s investigation revealed that workers at Covance were striking, choking, and screaming curses at confused and terrified monkeys. Our investigator saw injured and sick monkeys who were deprived of veterinary care and primates who were slammed into their cages and sprayed with pressurized hoses.
As a contract research corporation, Covance will test any product—including chemicals, drugs, pesticides, cosmetics, and other household products—on animals for any company with enough money to pay it to do so. As part of these tests, small monkeys are forced to endure a crude procedure called “gavage,”in which thick plastic tubes are forced up their nostrils and down their throats in order for experimenters to pump experimental substances into their stomachs.This procedure causes the animals to choke, gag,
Allied Effort to Save Other Primates ~AESOP-Project~