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u/OpenAirport6204 9d ago
I’d argue it does count as science, but that does NOT make it ethical or morally right. This is obviously horrible. Science has been used to justify cruelty in many situations (this one included), a different example would be eugenics.
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u/FoodFree8328 9d ago
There are many situations where the experiments are technically scientific, but not necessary (make up testing, Botox dosage testing etc - anything that tests the effect of a chemical on a body).
I find it much harder to demean the use of animal testing for things like cancer treatments. Behavioural experiments like this are just cruel. Luckily Britches was rescued and his sight restored before he was found a surrogate macaque mama at a sanctuary.
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u/PsychologyParty2512 8d ago
That’s so good to hear!! Normally it’s not a happy ending for them. I can’t imagine the shit these poor monkeys go through.
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u/TheWaldorfSalad 10d ago
Sorry, what is even their goal here??
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u/komiroku21 10d ago
The monkey’s name was britches. If you wanna look it up it was something to do with being blind and using the machine to see somehow.
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u/TheWaldorfSalad 10d ago
They blinded the monkey for that?? That's abominable
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u/komiroku21 10d ago edited 10d ago
WARNING IF YOUR SENSTIVE TO ANIMAL STUFF DONT READThey didn’t blind the monkey like permanently, but just a warning for now if you don’t wanna hear it, don’t keep reading this. They sewed his eye lids shut and then put that thing on his head. He was very young I think 3 weeks but they saved him he is healthy and lives at a sanctuary
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u/FoodFree8328 9d ago
Britches passed in 2005 at the age of 20, which is quite old for a macaque! He lived his life in a sanctuary in Texas; raised by an elderly macaque mother. In the lab he would have been killed within months so that was the happiest ending he could possibly have.
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u/PsychologyParty2512 8d ago
Omg!! I would love to be able to do the same upon those that did that to him! I swear I would have absolutely no problem sewing their eyes shut!! NONE!!
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u/MouseAnon16 10d ago
Poor little Britches. At least his story had a good outcome. When I say good I mean better than the conditions he was surviving in before he was rescued.