Prove It: PETA Wants Proof Alpha Genesis Escaped Monkeys Were Recaptured

For Immediate Release:
January 30, 2025

Contact:
Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382

Please see the statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo, doubting claims by Alpha Genesis that all 43 escaped monkeys have been recaptured.

PETA highly doubts that Alpha Genesis has recaptured all the escaped monkeys, and we demand proof of life, including the release of the records identifying the monkeys and evidence that the animals correspond to that paperwork. Since the monkeys who were allegedly recaptured should never be used for any scientific studies—their exposure to wildlife and other unknowns would compromise experimental results—PETA again asks the National Institutes of Health to release the animals. We have funding from a generous donor and an accredited sanctuary that will welcome them. For once, NIH needs to do right by animals rather than exploit them in meaningless tests irrelevant to humans. Alpha Genesis has too sordid a history of lying and obfuscating to be believed and is still under a federal investigation for the horrific deaths of 18 monkeys after a diesel heater malfunction, as well as for multiple allegations of abuse and neglect.

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