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> MADISON, Wis. -- Nearly 300 primate experts will gather on campus June
8-11 for the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists.
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> The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center is hosting the meeting at
the UW-Madison Memorial Union. A featured speaker will be Pulitzer prize
winner and UW professor Deborah Blum, who wrote "Love at Goon Park," a
biography of late UW primatologist Harry Harlow.
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> The week-long event includes a two-day symposium on the use of common
marmosets in biomedical research. Both meetings are open to registered
participants and working or credentialed reporters.
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> UW Primate Center Director Joe Kemnitz said researchers are proud to host
the event.
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> "Primate researchers are known for their enthusiasm about working
together," he said. "Field and lab researchers, veterinarians and animal
caretakers learn a great deal from one another."
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> Animal rights activists have long scrutinized the UW Primate Center,
saying it abuses and kills animals during testing. In 1997, a Madison
newspaper reported that researchers quietly killed at least a dozen zoo
monkeys in experiments. The monkeys were being used to study AIDS.
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> In 1998, several UW primate researchers recieved threatening letters and
razor blades in the mail from an animal rights group, calling itself the
"Justice Department." ( Read More at:
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