No More Monkey Business
Posted on April 24th, 2013 in Uncategorized | 10 Comments »
Citing budget pressures, Harvard just announced the closing of its primate research center, which has had a checkered past when it comes to treatment of animals.
But this quote, from a former candidate to run the center, Dr. Jay Kaplan, feels right:
The primate center “didn’t have the name Harvard in it, and it was run for many years as a rather insular facility,” Kaplan said. “So the question you have to ask is, is Harvard really looking to more clearly consolidate their investment and activities and not be worried about this satellite facility 30 miles away?”
(Thanks, Boston Globe.)
There are 2000 monkeys at the facility…which seems like a lot to me. Anyone know what research was actually being done on 2000 monkeys?
10 Responses
4/24/2013 9:15 am
The Globe story mentions virology and specially AIDS research, which would make sense given the origin of that disease. I trust that the people cheering this decision are not the same people who have demanded fast work on curing or preventing AIDS. Given the climate for medical research funding, I have no trouble believing that this was just a tough economic decision on Harvard’s part.
4/24/2013 10:47 am
I assume they also had 2,000 typewriters?
4/24/2013 11:39 am
As the George Carlin routine (about the typewriters) goes: “To be or not to be, that is the gazortenplatz.”
4/24/2013 4:19 pm
That headline is such a wasted opportunity. I mean, Bro, do you even *lift*?
Here are three better ones: i give myself five minutes
Decline and Fall of the Gibbon Empire
The Sun’ll Come Out, Tamarind
Lemur, on a Jet Plane (Oh Babe, I Hate to Go)
Three minutes to spare. Here are two more:
Gorillas Will Be Missed
Bring out the Chimp!*
Primate Usher Sets a Date
Okay, that last one is extra obscure…
hey, RB, way to be famous today for your early nonheterocentricity dos-a-vis Andrew Sullivan.
Standing Eagle
* for Tarantino fans
4/25/2013 7:06 am
Gosh you’re full of yourself, SE.
4/25/2013 7:21 am
So’s your mother, on Tuesdays.
4/25/2013 7:25 am
How about “Rhesus Peace Out”?
4/25/2013 7:27 am
“Prehensile Canterbury Tales I: The Pilgrimage Begins”?
4/25/2013 7:31 am
“Roll out the Barrels”?
http://www.themonkeysyouordered.com/post/800302843/july-12th-and-19th-2010
4/25/2013 7:33 am
“Put the Yellow Hat Collection into Storage, That’s No Longer a Spare Bedroom”?
I’m just saying, the possibilities are endless.