OU Caught ADVERTISING Baboons as SURPLUS!

Despite SAEN's continued pressure and appeals to OU to provide their baboons sanctuary after SAEN pressured OU to announce closure of their program last September, SAEN just unearthed a recent NIH-sponsored publication containing the following: Papio Anubis - Olive baboon No. 7165: US born males and females, all ages, research naïve and non-naïve. Please contact: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center OU is literally trying to give away OUR BABOONS!!! Stated PURPOSE of this "Primate Resource Referral Service" publication is to PROVIDE INFORMATION for the EFFICIENT SHARING of laboratory PRIMATES by RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ... to LIST AVAILABLE or WANTED ANIMALS ... NOW more than ever these baboons NEED all of US to fight for their future! Let's truly guarantee this is the "Year of the Monkey" by granting sanctuary to the OU baboons. Together, we can do it! *** ACTION POINTS *** 1) SHARE this petition - Let's keep pressure on OU! 2) TWEET for Sanctuary! TWEET 1 - http://ctt.ec/Ed4gC TWEET 2 - http://ctt.ec/XL0y8 3) CONTACT OU's President directly to add MORE pressure! David Boren, President, Oklahoma University dboren@ou.edu (405) 325-3916 Sample Message: President Boren, OU has taken a great step forward by announcing the planned closure of their baboon breeding and research program. Now, please meet with SAEN staff and advisors to discuss the possibility of turning the OU primate facility into a sanctuary instead of listing these baboons as available in the PRRS publication. 4) CONTACT OU's Baboon Prgm Dir to add MORE pressure! Gary L. White, Director, OUHSC Baboon Research Resource gary-white@ouhsc.edu (405) 271-5185 Sample Message: Dr. White, OU has taken a great step forward by announcing the planned closure of their baboon breeding and research program. Now, please meet with SAEN staff and advisors to discuss the possibility of turning the OU primate facility into a sanctuary instead of listing these baboons as available in the PRRS publication. 5) FOLLOW SAEN on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram along with our website: www.SAENonline.org 6) DONATE to SAEN to fund this campaign: www.SAENonline.org/donation.html