We ask the Higher Learning Commission to revoke or suspend UW-Madison’s accreditation on moral grounds until it terminates all maternal deprivation research on monkeys, subject to re-instatement in 2018.

The Issue

Primates are intelligent sentient beings, and maternal deprivation is equivalent to child abuse.
The animal-research model is based on laws that inaccurately describe the true moral status of animals as sentient beings with natural rights. These rights should be protected by law.
The animal-research model is not scientifically productive or reliable. There are much more accurate and reliable non-animal-model methods being developed and which COULD be more quickly developed with diverted funds.
The animal-research model is a waste of taxpayer money.

Citizens Against University of Wisconsin-Madison's Infant Monkeys Maternal Deprivation ProgramPetition Starter

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Primates are intelligent sentient beings, and maternal deprivation is equivalent to child abuse.
The animal-research model is based on laws that inaccurately describe the true moral status of animals as sentient beings with natural rights. These rights should be protected by law.
The animal-research model is not scientifically productive or reliable. There are much more accurate and reliable non-animal-model methods being developed and which COULD be more quickly developed with diverted funds.
The animal-research model is a waste of taxpayer money.

Citizens Against University of Wisconsin-Madison's Infant Monkeys Maternal Deprivation ProgramPetition Starter

This petition had 905 supporters

Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association & The University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Petition created on January 14, 2015