Aping ethical behaviour

When it comes to testing on primates, most of us gloss over the difficult issues - precisely because we know how similar we are

December 12, 2006

The Weatherall committee reports today that monkeys, but not great apes, should continue to be used for experimentation in medical research. Anyone who has worked with apes will know just how close to us they are and will be pleased by the decision to spare them the pain of experimental procedures. But what about the monkeys? In my experience, capuchin monkeys are more intelligent than gibbons, even though the latter are classified as apes.

So we find ourselves in a very grey area....

Source: Aping ethical behaviour
Author: Desmond Morris

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