Britches the monkey

Britches was the name given by researchers to a stumptail macaque monkey who was born into a breeding colony at the University of California, Riverside in March 1985. He was removed from his mother at birth as part of a psychology experiment into maternal deprivation, and had his eyelids sewn shut as part of a three-year sight-deprivation study involving 24 infant monkeys.
The stitches which blinded him were not even the neat, surgical sutures of experience but huge crude stitches with thick twine, the stitches of indifference, the equivalent of stitching a human's eyes with string.

So desperate was this little creature for comfort that he would cling on to and hug anything placed in his cage - a blanket, a small cuddly toy, anything. But, deprived of all comfort, all maternal care, and kept in a sterile and barren cage without stimulation, he was mostly allowed only a padded cylinder to cling to.

Watching one animal inflict such intense suffering on another, particularly one so innocent and uncomprehending is, undoubtedly, the worst sight I have ever seen in my life. And the reason for this experiment? To determine the effect of blindness on children. The vivisectors at the University of California excused their use of the monkey by saying that the daily routine of children's lives made it too difficult to work with them.

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[MrGreendaymaniac]

this is sick, these people should have there eyelids sewn shut and screeching noises played 2 them every 30 seconds!!!!

[blondebuni4u]

@actsoftheunspeakable excuse me .. how dare you think its fair that a life of any sort is born to be experimented on!!! Your disgusting if you think this is okay!

[blondebuni4u]

@MrGreendaymaniac I thought the exact same thing!!!!

[ctruonh]

@actsoftheunspeakable troll

[actsoftheunspeakable]

@MrGreendaymaniac how dare u say that bout doctors that infant monkey was born to be experimented on