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posted by chromas on Thursday April 19 2018, @02:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-so-ape-escape dept.

Four baboons briefly escaped an enclosure at a biomedical research center by repositioning a barrel:

The barrels were in the enclosure because they are used as an enrichment tool for the animals, but after Saturday's escape, the barrels have been removed from the enclosure. Three of the baboons were recaptured within 20-30 minutes of escaping. The fourth baboon returned to the enclosure on his own.

KSAT viewers sent pictures and video of a baboon running along the road.

The Texas Biomedical Research Institute has congratulated itself on its response to the incident:

This incident occurred just before our nation highlights the critical role animal caretakers play in the advancement of treatments and cures for humans on Biomedical Research Awareness Day April 19.

"The actions of the animal care and capture team taken this weekend is just one example of the strong training and preparedness of animal care workers in biomedical research." Said John Bernal, DVM, attending veterinarian at SNPRC. "Our animal capture team and the entire animal care team acted diligently and followed protocol to locate, secure and account for the baboons."

Meanwhile, PETA has brought up past instances of abuse at the facility:

One of the world's most popular animal rights groups responded to the Saturday escape of four baboons from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute's Southwest National Primate Research Center, pointing to past violations and primate deaths at the facility. Several documents provided by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals show issues discovered during inspections of the facility by inspectors with the U.S.Department of Agriculture.

From 2010 to present, the USDA has required the Texas Biomedical Research Institute to make changes to various aspects of the facility's infrastructure and care for the animals. The facility was also required to pay a fine after it was found in violation of the Animal Welfare Act in 2011.

Also at ScienceAlert, Newsweek, and the Washington Post.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @05:51PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @05:51PM (#669184)

    you should post a reading list of socialism books in order of importance to know for people without lots of time for reading books about socialism. i would like to know more about various political systems but am too lazy to try and figure out which resources are a waste of my time.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @08:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @08:54PM (#669301)

    Kropotkin - Mutual Aid

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @12:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @12:44AM (#669422)

    Have an MP player?

    Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff does a weekly hour-long broadcast|webcast called Economic Update.
    He identifies instances where Capitalism has failed and offers a Socialist perspective/alternative.
    It's not the least bit stuffy and is very accessible.
    KPFA's audio archive has a copy of every program they ever aired.

    Michael Parenti is another Socialist critic of Capitalism.
    TUC Radio's audio archive of half-hour programs has some of his work.
    Their 2018 page has several right now.

    AlternativeRadio has hour-long presentations which air on several Pacifica Radio stations.
    Those are also in their audio archives--but, with KPFT & WBAI, you have to grab them quickly because they disappear faster than the archives of some other shows; after that, AR's stuff isn't gratis any more.
    Again, KPFA has the best audio archive on the planet.
    Parenti did a really great hour for them that I heard recently.

    Eric Mann was an active member of the Communist Party and a union organizer in the auto industry among many other activist things.
    He has a weekly hour-long Pacifica Radio broadcast on KPFK called Voices from the Front Lines which is in their audio archive for several weeks.
    He talks really slow, so grabbing the MP3 and speeding it up works well for me.

    Michael Slate is a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party and his weekly hour-long KPFK program has some insights.

    All of those guys address -current- issues and advocate for organizing to change the system.
    When you boil it down, the advice is "Form your own worker-owned cooperative."
    ...and, of course, "Become politically active and oppose the further encroachment of Oligarchs."

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