Agency Stops Breeding Monkeys for Research
<i> United Press International</i>
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. —
The national Centers for Disease Control has closed its monkey breeding program after an outcry by animal rights activists over the deaths of 14 monkeys during a heat wave.
The CDC shipped more than 100 monkeys from the Lawrenceville, Ga., facility on Friday to another government research center in Louisiana. A spokeswoman said monkeys used for research still will be housed at the compound northeast of Atlanta, but the agency will no longer breed the animals.
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