In their natural homes, macaques like Princess are protective mothers who live in large family groups and hold and nurture their babies. But at the bleak, windowless Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, a PETA investigator documented that pregnant monkeys gave birth alone in wire-bottomed cages. Their infants were taken away within a year of birth.

Some baby monkeys, like Turnip and Cora, never have a chance even to meet their mothers. After Turnip and Cora’s mother was reportedly killed in a cesarean section experiment, the terrified pair were shuffled off to a basement with only a stuffed animal for comfort. Then, workers pierced their ears with metal clamps and rubbed ink over the wounds to tattoo them.

Mothers and their offspring aren’t the only victims of incompetence, contempt, and cruelty at primate laboratories. Other individuals may endure decades of loneliness, frustration, and near-constant confinement—even mutilating themselves or pacing in endless circles to cope with their anguish.

By renewing your membership today, you’ll be helping to power PETA’s campaigns to rescue animals from cages and other confinement in the months ahead. Until January 30, memberships are available at a 50% discount—just $8! And you can receive a free “I Support Animal Rights” PETA face mask when you renew.

These national primate “research” centers rake in hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars from the National Institutes of Health. But footage and documents obtained through PETA investigations, lawsuits, and public records requests have proved that these institutions often fail to keep captive animals healthy, safe, and even alive. And that’s all in addition to being subjected to twisted procedures that contribute nothing to our understanding of human medicine or mental health disorders.

PETA is taking on these deplorable monkey laboratories through hard-hitting exposés, powerful advertising campaigns, demonstrations and banner drops, and myth-busting media statements and op-eds from our scientists and primate experts. It’s not too late for animals like Princess—or her children—to enjoy some semblance of autonomy and a natural life free from confinement and experimentation, but we need the support of as many members like you as possible to keep powering this work.

Take advantage of our special 50% membership discount and free face mask offer before it expires. Will you renew your PETA membership before the January 30 deadline?

Thank you for your compassion for primates and all other animals.

Kind regards,

Ingrid E. Newkirk
President