VICE News gets rare access to Europe's largest primate testing facility, the Biomedical Primate Research Center (BPRC) in the Netherlands, where scientists try to find cures for the worst human diseases, while claiming to provide unparalleled care for the monkeys in the hope they live the most animal friendly life before and during testing.Once selected, inside the laboratories, monkeys are shaved, anesthetized, and experimented on for research purposes.Yet the center remains controversial. Protestors gather regularly in front of its gates and there are calls in the Dutch parliament to close the site and switch to alternatives for testing on primates.But as the BPRC explains to VICE News, modern science isn't there yet. In the meantime, it still uses about 200 monkeys a year for a slew of experiments to find cures, and even replacements for primate testing in the future.In this extra scene from 'Inside The Monkey Lab,' VICE News sees the training methods used to teach monkeys how to interact with humans for experimentation.Watch "Experimenting on Animals: Inside the Monkey Lab"Read "Inside the Monkey Lab: The Ethics of Testing on Animals"
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