Sir Paul McCartney has been an animal advocate for years, so we were not surprised at his outrage against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for funding experiments on monkeys.
The singer is begging NASA to stop financial support for radiation testing on spider monkeys and find a more humane solution.
In a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Sir Paul writes:
“I believe NASA has the ingenuity to investigate the health effects of space travel without confining and experimenting on animals.
It would be terribly disappointing if in our zeal to explore new frontiers and to learn about the fascinating universe where we live we began to regress in our treatment of the animals with whom we share this planet. May I appeal to you to cancel this experiment.”
Amen.
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