the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University accident report

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Deaths not related to animal experimentation

 

We used the Freedom of Information Act to acquire

information about animal experimentation conducted

in the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University.

 

This national facility keeps many primates for experimentation.

 

We acquired information about deaths not related to

experimentation.

 

(In 2003, 47 animals died because of reasons not related to

experimentation.)

 

1. Rhesus macaque (female/5 months old)

It seems that she died because her right hand became stuck

between perches in the free enclosure. The perches are

4-5 meters in height.

 

2. Rhesus macaque (male/4 months old)

He was found dead in the enclosure. The monkey was found

hanging by a rope around its neck. When the staff entered

the enclosure to pick up his body, his mother took him and

ran away. The staff chased her to get him. This case was

an accident.

However, it was found later that he had caught pneumonia.

 

3. Japanese macaque (male/9 years and 4 months old)

The monkey was moved into a new enclosure.

 

(Researchers may be planning to use him for a bio-resource

project. [space]¢¨AVA-Net)

 

When he was put in the enclosure, a wound was found on his

left thigh. The staff anesthetized him. After treating his

wound, they found him dead in the cage next day.