Your Monkeys are Dead

Squirrel monkey
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Overheated Nevada lab caused deaths of 32 monkeys

SPARKS, NEV. — Thirty-two research monkeys at a Nevada laboratory died because human errors made the room too hot, officials for the drug company that runs the lab said Thursday. Animal rights activists complain the company took too long to report the deaths.

My best friend had pet monkeys as a kid. They were actually

her brothers. We recently talked about it, and was shocked to hear they were loose in her house, hanging from doorways, pooping in her brother's room. Knowing her mother, I was shocked that this was allowed to happen. Then when they went on vacation, they received the bad news that their monkeys were dead. We never knew the true story of what happened.

I also remember visiting Meyerland Plaza as a kid, where the organ grinder and his monkey collected quarters from small children outside Woolworth's with a tip of his hat.