In the wild wetlands of Southeast Asia, a person sets a trap and awaits a valuable catch: an endangered monkey who will be exchanged on the black market to a co-conspirator breeding company, then sold and shipped to the U.S. for experimentation.  It sounds like the plot of…

Make My Donation Helen was never going to have the normal life of a macaque monkey.  She would never swing from branch to branch in the sunny trees of her rightful home. She would never forage the wild for food. She would never drink from…

[caption id="attachment_4291" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photos of Helen (a.k.a. A9L028) the macaque, from documents we uncovered through public records requests to the New Iberia Research Center.[/caption] Helen’s life mattered to her. Just as ours matter to us. Humans often justify the exploitation of non-human research subjects…

[caption id="attachment_4291" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photos of Helen (a.k.a. A9L028) and her dermatological wounds from records we uncovered through public records requests to the New Iberia Research Center.[/caption] During Helen’s time at the University of Louisiana’s New Iberia Research Center, one of her co-captives seized a momentary opportunity and