A Humane World

Earlier this month, 43 monkeys escaped Alpha Genesis, a monkey breeding facility in South Carolina that supplies animal testing labs. Years ago, Kathleen Conlee, vice president of Animal Research Issues at the Humane Society of the United States, worked at this facility, and what she saw there made her become an advocate for animals used in labs. Here she reflects on these escapees and what needs to be done to change how primates are treated once and for all.