Experimenters at Oregon Health & Science University cut into the head of a marmoset named Hood and removed a piece of his skull. On October 5, 2020, a lab worker noticed something was wrong, but Hood was left to suffer for four more days before anyone reported the problem to a vet. His brain swelled with pus. Infection took hold. Ten days after the lab worker spotted warning signs, OHSU finally realized Hood had a fatal brain abscess. They tried to treat Hood’s infection, but it was too late.

They hurt him. They didn’t help him. Then, on November 11, they euthanized him.

It will happen again unless you do something.

Hood is not the first marmoset neglected to the point of developing a serious infection in the brain and, ultimately, killed at this facility. OHSU kicked off 2020 with the nearly identical death of a female monkey in their care.

Enough is enough. You can stop the careless and incompetant staff at OHSU from torturing and killing another monkey. Please send this letter demanding an end to the funding of primate experiments at OHSU.