In the midst of an ongoing UW discussion surrounding the ethics of animal research, the university will host a scientist renowned for his research on primates’ level of cooperation at an ethics of animal research open forum Feb. 3.
Frans de Waal, a psychology professor at Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University, will discuss observed pro-social behavior of primates and elephants.
Additionally, de Waal will discuss the practice of animal research including a recent Institute of Medicine report that assesses the necessity of using Chimpanzees for research.
De Waal worked at the Wisconsin National Primate Center in Madison from 1981 to 1991.
The talk, sponsored by the UW-Madison Forum Animal Research Ethics, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
