Exit of animal use critics from the Trump administration, opposition from major research funder, & Trump policy-driven surge in Chinese lab demand stimulate “monkey hoarding” HILLSBORO, Oregon––Hopes that the Oregon National Primate Research Center might become a sanctuary for the almost 5,000 resident monkeys and baboons appear to have been dashed by Oregon Health & […]
Trump admin plays up “crush video” prosecutions, drops “Big Lick” cases
And may not retire the CDC monkeys to sanctuary after all WASHINGTON, D.C.––A June 24, 2026 media release from the Donald Trump-aligned Pacific Legal Foundation and a June 25, 2026 media release from the Department of Justice present entirely opposite perspectives on Trump administration cruelty law enforcement––but both imply praise of Trump for government […]
Inotive bankruptcy suggests laboratory monkey business is in a death spiral
Monkey business boom & bust cycle echoes the beginning of the end for chimp use in biomedical research WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana––The June 3, 2026 bankruptcy declaration of laboratory monkey supplier Inotiv, Inc. and 18 affiliated debtors may signify that biomedical research use of monkeys has entered the same boom-and-bust death spiral that killed biomedical research […]
Alan Cooper & John Pippin, M.D., represented the range of animal advocacy
Both Alan Cooper & John Pippin, M.D. were felled by long struggles with debilitating illness It would be difficult to imagine two animal advocates with less in common than Alan Cooper and John Pippin, M.D., except that both were veterans of more than 20 years in animal advocacy on a variety of fronts, and died […]
Bigger than Ridglan beagles: Ontario bans dog & cat use in medical research
Wayne Hsiung set for trial, Wayne Pacelle buys more beagles, Colorado dog & cat lab closes, & Born Free USA to get retired CDC monkeys BLUE MOUNDS, Wisconsin; TORONTO, Ontario; DILLEY, Texas––The Ridglan beagles and the two Waynes, Wayne Pacelle and Wayne Hsiung, as of June 22, 2026 continued to dominate the news pertaining […]
Is lab use of “model organisms,” including mice, really down by 68%?
White Coat Waste Project has more faith in defunding than in Three Rs progress; Wayne Hsiung pushes for more “open rescue” WASHINGTON D.C.––At a glance, a newly published study directed by University of Bonn geneticist and evolutionary biologist Nicolas Gompel seems to suggest a drastic drop underway quietly in the background of biomedical research for […]
Punch, the Ichikawa Zoo baby macaque, may be among the lucky ones
Even when lab monkeys are given stuffed toys for comfort, they suffer miserable lives & deaths ICHIKAWA, Japan––The most famous Japanese macaque ever is doubtless Panchi-kun, called Punch for short in English. Born at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan on July 25, 2025, abandoned by his mother, Punch was bottle-fed by keepers, then introduced into […]
Board vote: Oregon Natl. Primate Research Center may become sanctuary
Board resolution opens negotiations with National Institutes of Health: will the money be there, & for what? HILLSBORO, Oregon–– The Oregon Health & Science University board of directors on February 9, 2026 unanimously passed a resolution to open negotiations with the National Institutes of Health [NIH] toward transitioning the largest of the seven remaining federally […]
New Year’s resolutions for animals, or just more political promises?
Europeans expect advances, Americans will have to defend gains, & Indian government dithers on WASHINGTON D.C.; LONDON; ROME; NEW DELHI––If political promises can be taken as New Year’s resolutions, 2026 might become an even better year for animals than was 2025. 2025 ended with a salute from Francisco Vásquez Neira, president of the international animal […]
“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!” orders CDC deputy chief of staff
End to CDC non-human primate research expected by the end of 2025 ATLANTA, Georgia––About 200 fewer macaques will be used in 2026 in U.S. federal laboratories after the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) quits keeping non-human primates toward the end of 2025. That will leave about 7,000 more non-human primates, mostly rhesus and […]