lunes, julio 07, 2008

COMO SE ENTEREN de esto en nuestro parlamento que acaba de aprobar lo del Gran Simio:
Hundreds of endangered monkeys are being taken from the African bush and sent to a “secretive” laboratory in Iran for scientific experiments.

An undercover inquiry by The Sunday Times has revealed that wild monkeys, which are banned from experiments in Britain, are being freely supplied in large numbers to laboratories in other parts of the world. All will undergo invasive and maybe painful experiments leading ultimately to their death.

[...] “Iran is very secretive,” said Manji, who has been exporting monkeys for 22 years. “They said it [the monkeys] was for ‘our country’, for vaccine. [They said] ‘We don’t buy vaccine from anywhere; we prepare our own vaccine’.

“But I think they use it for something else. You know why? Because they don’t go on kilos. Iran wants [monkeys weighing] 1.5kg to 2.5kg, [but] 1.5kg for vaccine is not possible.”

Rubibira indicated that finding out what the Iranians wanted the monkeys for would be difficult. “They cannot say, you know. They are secretive. They wouldn’t tell the truth.”

The revelation will fuel speculation that the monkeys may be used for research involving biological weapons. Primates are typically used by scientists wishing to test both the effectiveness of germ warfare agents and defences against them.
Claro que no creo que protesten: si, defensores de los derechos de las mujeres y los homosexuales que son, no mueven una ceja cuando el régimen confina a aquéllas a una especie de semi-ciudadania, y a éstos al patíbulo, ¿a santo de qué iban a preocuparse de verdad por lo que le pase a unos simios, declaraciones retóricas aparte.

A un nivel más profundo, cualquier noticia que vincule las palabras "Irán" y "biológico" es preocupante...