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I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months before I used one as a [heart] donor. When we put him to sleep in his cage in preparation for the operation, he chattered and cried incessantly. We attached no significance to this, but it must have made a great impression on his companion, for when we removed the body to the operating room, the other chimp wept bitterly and was inconsolable for days. The incident made a deep impression on me. I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures.
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- Colony
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- Heart
- Significance
- Holland
- Males
- Primates
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- Creatures
- Sleep
- Animal Welfare
- Animal Rights
- Two
- Incessantly
- Months
- Animal
- Preparation
- Experiments
- Cried
- Animal Love
- Donors
- Vivisection
- Animal Cruelty
- Humanity
- Operations
- Rooms
- Animal Testing
- Incidents
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- Companion
- Animal Compassion
- Impression
- Operating Room
- Made
- Animal Life
- Body