ulls and microelectrodes are inserted into their brains. Eighteen hours of electrophysiological recordings then take place. Other monkeys in the laboratory have contact lenses inserted to defocus their vision for seven to ten months (8). The experiments are, obviously, conceptually unsound. In this day in age, with all of the non-invasive scanning techniques available to the research community, it is inconceivable that an individual would be so callous as to take infant monkeys away from their mothers, damage their eyes, drill holes into their skulls, and insert microelectrodes into their brains.Every year, NYU experiments on over 50,000 animals, collecting over $100 million in federal funding for Biomedical research. They have had nearly 400 violations of the Animal Welfare Act and were assessed a fine of $450,000, one of the largest fines ever issued by the USDA (Finsen 3). New York University has given over $2 million and nearly 100 chimpanzees to Fred Coulston, an infamous toxicologist known for his inhumane treatment of the primates imprisoned at the Coulston Foundation (4). They have been unresponsive to any attempts to replace animal research with non-animal methods, such as epidemiological studies, computer modeling, artificial tissue sampling, human-skin cultures, autopsy, and non-invasive imaging (Lawlor 1). Recently, New York University waged a cover-up to hide the construction of a new animal lab funded by taxpayers. Equally disturbing are NYUs efforts to punish students and faculty members that have come forward with information on the abuses in the universitys animal laboratories (Finsen 42).Scientific facts can be taught to medical students by use of demonstrative techniques. New York Universitys medical school, which allows students to practice on live, healthy animals may be teaching future physicians to be devoid of compassion. Doctors are considered caring individuals, but vivisection during the training process can d...
