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Woogie Man · 03-05-2009, 06:32 PM

I watched it but I think I may have missed a little of it. What I did see was less shocking than I expected but the narrator did say than the facility was being reinspected due to the report. I only saw 3 highlighted instances and they were: (1) Someone whacked a monkey (or chimp) in the face with a bar. This was the worst I saw. The person didn't 'go off' on it with the bar but still, it was inhumane. (2) There were several obviously drugged primates (very out of it) lying on a stainless steel counter and one of them slid onto the floor. (3) The report showed workers transporting sedated primates without any restraints or cages. I must've missed something because I really expected to see much worse but this facility (in New Iberia LA) gets LOTS of grant money and should be nothing less than state-of-the-art. There was also a focus on the lack of attention the primates receive and the quality (or lack thereof) of their housing.

03-05-2009, 06:32 PM	#27
Woogie Man Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,564	I watched it but I think I may have missed a little of it. What I did see was less shocking than I expected but the narrator did say than the facility was being reinspected due to the report. I only saw 3 highlighted instances and they were: (1) Someone whacked a monkey (or chimp) in the face with a bar. This was the worst I saw. The person didn't 'go off' on it with the bar but still, it was inhumane. (2) There were several obviously drugged primates (very out of it) lying on a stainless steel counter and one of them slid onto the floor. (3) The report showed workers transporting sedated primates without any restraints or cages. I must've missed something because I really expected to see much worse but this facility (in New Iberia LA) gets LOTS of grant money and should be nothing less than state-of-the-art. There was also a focus on the lack of attention the primates receive and the quality (or lack thereof) of their housing.