There are many people in the United States and world that have a fluffy and distorted perception when it comes to the state of Wisconsin. They think that our state is full of good-natured people that drink lots of beer, eat lots of cheese, and wear giant hunks of idiotic looking cheese shaped Styrofoam hats to support their football team. While that is the perception that state businesses and tourism agencies want to portray, the reality couldn’t be farther from the truth.
There is a dark and toxic underbelly that many in this state try to hide under the happy-go-lucky bumpkin front that most of the country sees. Wisconsin is not only the home of sadistic serial killers like Ed Gein or Jeff Dahmer. We also have the distinction of being probably the most brutal place in the country for wildlife. Here are just some of the sadistic and brutal activities that are not only condoned but encouraged by our state government.
- Wisconsin is the ONLY state in the entire country that allows dogs to be used against wolves.
- The use of dogs against wildlife is labeled as “heritage” and “tradition” by many in this state.
- Wisconsin currently allows dogs to be “trained” against wolves 24/7/365 with no rules in place.
- Thousands of vicious dogs are allowed to run rampant through Wisconsin under the guise of “training” against bears starting July 1st of each year.
- Wisconsin pays irresponsible hounders $2500 for each dog allegedly killed by wolves while being used against other wildlife.
- Wisconsin allows unlimited and unregulated killing of coyotes 24/7/365 with the use of dogs and everything short of artillery.
- Wisconsin openly encourages and promotes the use of barbaric traps to the tune of nearly one MILLION “reported” animals killed each year.
- Wisconsin “unofficially” encourages “non-target” animals to be trapped, killed, and given to the DNR to be sold for the funding of “trapper education.”
- Wisconsin allows wildlife to be trapped, shot, and hounded inside state parks.
- Wisconsin now allows hunting INSIDE cities and near schools, hospitals, and other public buildings.
- Wisconsin REQUIRES that public schools offer FOR CREDIT courses for hunting and trapping wildlife.
These are just a few examples of the wildlife killing “culture” that makes Wisconsin a sadist’s paradise. But it is not just wildlife that is tortured and brutalized in our state. Factory farms, fur farms, and puppy mills are notorious for their brutality within Wisconsin’s borders. But these examples may not even be the worst of cruelty and torture inflicted on animals in this state.
Today, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism published an article exposing what may very well be one of the most brutal and horrific torture of animals under the guise of “research” that I have ever seen. This is what some sadistic monsters from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Psychiatry Department have planned for “research.”
………referring to the first experiment at UW-Madison in more than 30 years that will intentionally deprive newborn monkeys of their mothers, a practice designed to impact a primate’s psychological well-being.
The research, submitted by UW-Madison Psychiatry Department chairman Dr. Ned Kalin, has drawn unusual scrutiny and dissent from within the university and intensified a debate about the extent to which benefits to humans justify the suffering of animals.
It gets even worse. If your stomach doesn’t turn after reading this you truly have no heart or empathy:
For a year these 20 rhesus monkeys, as well as another 20 used as a control group, will be given tests intended to provoke and measure anxious behavior. After one year they will all be euthanized and their brain tissue collected for molecular analysis.
In other words these INFANT monkeys will be TORTURED and DEPRIVED nurturing for an entire year and then killed.
The purpose of the experiment is to use state-of-the-art technology to examine the underlying neurobiology of anxiety and depression, which Kalin believes will lead to insights for treating struggling humans.
The ethics of animal research are often contentious, but non-human primate research at UW-Madison is especially polarizing.
There are around 2,000 primates housed and studied in several locations around campus. About two-thirds of these are at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center; most of the remainder are at the Harlow Center for Biological Psychology. The buildings stand side by side.
In a Kalin study published in 2004, the amygdalae of 14 rhesus macaques were damaged with acid after their skulls were cut open. The amygdala is a region of the brain that regulates fear and anxiety. The monkeys were then exposed to snakes and unknown humans.
Than we have a colleague of Kalin, Richard Davidson, making this false equivalency that fits right in with the sadistic nature of Wisconsin itself:
“You have to do a mental calculus to determine if it’s appropriate or not, and each scientist needs to make his or her own moral decision about that,” Davidson says. “And it’s the same thing with eating meat or wearing leather. You know, the Dalai Lama eats meat.”
Does the arrogance of humanity know no bounds? These are the kind of Mengele style experiments that are being conducted at our public universities? What kind of monster thinks that ANYTHING good will come from this? You don’t need to be a research scientist to know what happens when the vast majority of mammals are deprived of the basic nurturing and care that they receive from their mothers. I make no secret that I am an animal welfare advocate and oppose any and all forms of cruelty but this goes far beyond. This goes into the realm of torture for tortures sake. For an entire year these baby monkeys will be tormented, deprived nurturing, and then killed? For what? So some narcissistic egghead can confirm that tortured and deprived social animals suffer depression? Wow. Will he then get his name in a scientific journal and “justify” a reason to continue receiving grant money for his “experiments?” All animal testing is disgusting but this goes far far far beyond that. This is pure sadistic torture and all supporters of the UW should be disgusted by this no matter what side of the political aisle you are on.
Here are the contacts for those wishing to express their disgust at this government funded torture being conducted at the UW-Madison:
Contact Ray Cross, UW System President
Phone: 608 262-2321
Fax: 608 262-3985
rcross@uwsa.edu
1720 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Kate Wodyn, Assistant to the President
kwodyn@uwsa.edu
If you are a current student, former student, or graduate of any University of Wisconsin school please sign this petition against these abhorrent acts here:
UW Not in Our Name
This is our Wisconsin. Our fellow citizens are not content torturing and killing millions of wild animals each year. Now we have to sanction the torture of INFANT monkeys for dubious “research.” Make your feelings known and tell everyone you know that Wisconsin is indeed a sadist’s paradise. Think about this the next time you purchase any apparel with the University of Wisconsin logo on it. Do you want the licensing fee money they receive from it to go back to this institution as long as they continue to torment animals?