Do We Need to Use Nonhuman Animals in Research?

Donald J. Barnes

Monday, 17 Oct 1988 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Donald Barnes is director of the National Anti-Vivisection Society office in Washington D.C. He resigned after 16 years as a research psychologist with the Air Force where he trained monkeys to "fly" and observing their post-irradiation behavior. He served as script consultant fro the movie "Project X" based on his life. From the University Lectures Program archive.

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