334 | India: Animal Experimentation are being perpetrated in the world to-day The object of these experiments is said to be in order to advance scientific knowledge, and to undertake research to save or prolong human or animal life and alleviate suffering In the name of science, however, animals are made to endure the most barbaric tortures ever invented by the human brain, often lasting over long periods and without any sort of anesthetic Animals are frozen, boiled, have electric currents passed through their brains, or are driven insane, all in an insatiable “quest for knowledge,” which can nothing whatever to benefit the human race Many experiments which are successful with animals are a complete failure when applied to human beings Vested interests, however, make it necessary for the experiments to continue, although what they are showing may be completely useless or already known Not to be out done by the rest of the world in cruelties, we perform them here in India on a smaller scale, but no less horrible, as can be seen in the photograph on the facing page In this Calcutta experiment, several monkeys were given experimental dropsy, leading to their death in one to four months In the various research laboratories and institutions of India, experiments are performed on certain animals like buffaloes, horses, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, monkeys, rabbits, guinea-pigs, mice, frogs, and fowl Apart from experimenting upon them here, the export of monkeys from India for experimentation in other countries provides a handsome source of income, especially in dollars, as a monkey which fetches about Rs.10 in India costs more like pounds or pounds in the U.K Rhesus monkeys in large numbers in the Northern Indian State of Uttar Pradesh are trapped, stuffed into cages, and carried on shoulderpoles to Lucknow A train journey of 260 miles takes them to New Delhi, whence a transport plane carries them the 4,000 miles to London Airport From London they may be flown another 3,000 miles across the Atlantic to New York, from where they travel on for a further 700 miles in trucks to Okatia Farms in South Carolina Here the Rhesus monkeys of India are caged with other hordes of “Java” monkeys from the Philippines After twentyone days of rigorous health checks, they are dispatched to laboratories in Toronto, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Berkeley, California It is disturbing to note that although the Okatia Farms may receive 5,000 monkeys a month, the supply never catches up with the demand, but is rather on the increase all the time The above gives some small idea upon this vast subject which to deal with adequately is far beyond the scope of this small hand-out (“Animal Experimentation,” 1965) With typical bureaucratic efficiency, the CPCSEA then abdicated its responsibility by saying: Much might be done towards alleviating the suffering of animals held for experimental purposes, through personal contacts with