World Day for Animals in Labs 2024 - Portland Protest and Vigil
-> 505 NW 185th Ave, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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Join fellow Animal Rights Collective Portland (ARCPDX) activists for a World Week for Animals in Labs protest and vigil outside the notorious Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) which has a long history of abusing monkeys in cruel and painful experiments.
SCHEDULE:
12pm: Meet at the SW intersection of NE Walker Rd and NW 185th Ave in Hillsboro for instructions, posters, and literature. We will then spread to the 4 corners of the intersection.
1pm: Meet back up at the SW corner of Walker and 185th to get ready for the march to the nearby Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) located at 505 NW 185th Ave, Beaverton, OR 97006. Prepare to walk roughly 4 blocks.
1:15pm: Arrive at ONPRC for speak outs, open mic, and vigil. Optional: bring flowers and battery operated candle for the vigil and moment of silence.
1:45pm: Either walk back to our original meeting spot and disperse, or stay to chalk anti-viv messages on sidewalks.
Free parking is available in the shopping plaza at the NW corner of Walker and 185th.
Signs and leaflets will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring your own, especially OHSU specific ones!
This event is rain or shine.
Carpooling or taking the Max to the Willow Creek/SW 185th Ave TC MAX Station is highly encouraged.
ONPRC's government inspection reports have found dozens of incidents of neglect, incompetence, and abuse. In one incident, a juvenile monkey became trapped between the cage where he was being held and the wall behind the cage. OHSU workers failed to notice that he was missing, and he died. Presumably, they only discovered the monkey’s absence when they could smell his corpse. In another incident, the skin was completely torn off a monkey’s tail from the flesh underneath when he was moved—apparently ineptly—from one cage to another. The tail had to be amputated. In a third incident, workers somehow missed that a monkey had been placed on a list restricting her use in experimental surgeries, and she was subjected to a caesarean section in one experiment and an embryo transfer in another. These incidents represent failures in simple care and oversight, including observation, handling, and even just reading charts. Find out more about ONPRC's record of violations here: https://www.peta.org/blog/monkeys-burned-overdosed-bled-death-oregon-primate-center/
Reach out to Amber Canavan, Alderin Ordell or Jason Sherbondy with questions.
By attending this event you are agreeing to the Animal Rights Collective Portland Meeting/Event Community Guidelines: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Huvz3k-v_R41Qi80iF2ZXh88RetNiBh4qQBxjVgP9RI/edit?usp=sharing