Is Testing on Primates Ethical?

Is medical testing on primates ethical?

This is a hard question but to me the answer is unequivocal and resounding.  NO.

There are currently alternatives that are viable, faster, more accurate and do not cause suffering of living beings - stem cell testing.

I have been reading a lot about the plight of many primates and chimps in particular have had to suffer incommensurably for the sake of medical testing.  Sometimes for good, sometimes in vain.

Chimps share 99% of their DNA with human primates, this is why they are perfect test subjects, yet we, humans, are able to turn a blind eye and conveniently deny this fact when it comes to the rights these creatures should be granted naturally.

I heartily support the Great Apes Project and I sincerely believe primates should be given basic rights.  

I strongly encourage you to check out the "Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History" documentary on PBS.