Animal testing at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) shut down the experiments in his lab after threats from animal rights activists. The researcher had received a grant to use 30 macaque monkeys for vision experiments; each monkey was anesthetized for a single physiological experiment lasting up to 120 hours, and then euthanized. The researcher's name, phone number, and address were posted on the website of the Primate Freedom Project. Demonstrations were held in front of his home. A Molotov cocktail was placed on the porch of what was believed to be the home of another UCLA primate researcher; instead, it
Yakushima macaque Yakushima macaques is unknown. Yakushima macaque The Yakushima macaque ("Macaca fuscata yakui") is a subspecies of Japanese macaque that is indigenous to Yakushima Island (Kagoshima Prefecture). It is also known as the Yaku macaque. Compared with "M. f. fuscata" which lives from Honshu to Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan, these individuals are smaller, stockier, have black hands and feet, and a thicker gray coat. Adults have darker fur than infants and juveniles. Adult males have a special feature called a “momoware” (split peach) which parts their hair in the center from right to left. Females bear a single offspring between March