Bright, fluorescent lights shine down, irritating his eyes as a man in a long, white coat pokes needles into his arms. The air is stale and the smell of disinfectant is almost suffocating. His thick arms are restrained and his mouth can form no words, which is just how the man in the long, white coat wants it. Before long, he becomes vocal, screeching to make the pain come to a stop, and it does when he loses consciousness. As he comes to, his need of thirst becomes apparent and he bangs on the cold, metal bars that encompass him. It is no surprise when no one comes. He cannot stand and the bars are so close to him he can barely stretch out his body. Speaking of his body, he has cramps all over and his brain is pounding against his skull.
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Animal experimentation on chimpanzees is still very well practiced in the United States and Gabon. Due to the nature of the experiments that take place and what it does to these endangered great apes, it needs to be completely stopped.
Animal experimentation on chimpanzees began in the early 1920’s when a psychologist named Robert M. Yerkes purchases two chimpanzees for his own private research. His objective was to study the behaviors of the two primates he purchased and in response to this work, work he started animal experimentation on primates in the United States. Through research, it became clear that chimpanzees are one of the closest relatives to human beings as we share ninety-eight percent of our genetic make-up. Due to the amount of DNA that chimpanzees share with human beings, they began to be used for a great deal of resource. According to PBS (2008), “...chimps have been used in the study of infectious diseases, gene therapy, vaccine development, reproduction, language, behavior, even anatomy” (PBS, para. 2). While some might appear okay with experimentation on chimpanzees, it is also important to remember that the experimentation done on them have not always been for medical reasons, but for other reasons that cannot be
Animal experimentation on chimpanzees is still very well practiced in the United States and Gabon. Due to the nature of the experiments that take place and what it does to these endangered great apes, it needs to be completely stopped.
Animal experimentation on chimpanzees began in the early 1920’s when a psychologist named Robert M. Yerkes purchases two chimpanzees for his own private research. His objective was to study the behaviors of the two primates he purchased and in response to this work, work he started animal experimentation on primates in the United States. Through research, it became clear that chimpanzees are one of the closest relatives to human beings as we share ninety-eight percent of our genetic make-up. Due to the amount of DNA that chimpanzees share with human beings, they began to be used for a great deal of resource. According to PBS (2008), “...chimps have been used in the study of infectious diseases, gene therapy, vaccine development, reproduction, language, behavior, even anatomy” (PBS, para. 2). While some might appear okay with experimentation on chimpanzees, it is also important to remember that the experimentation done on them have not always been for medical reasons, but for other reasons that cannot be