Home / Series / VICE News / Aired Order / Season 2015 / Episode 121

Experimenting on Animals: Inside The Monkey Lab

VICE News gets rare access to Europe’s largest primate testing facility, the Biomedical Primate Research Center (BPRC) in the Netherlands, where scientists try to find cures for the worst human diseases, while claiming to provide unparalleled care for the monkeys in the hope they live the most animal friendly life before and during testing. Once selected, inside the laboratories, monkeys are shaved, anesthetized, and experimented on for research purposes. Yet the center remains controversial. Protestors gather regularly in front of its gates and there are calls in the Dutch parliament to close the site and switch to alternatives for testing on primates. But as the BPRC explains to VICE News, modern science isn't there yet. In the meantime, it still uses about 200 monkeys a year for a slew of experiments to find cures, and even replacements for primate testing in the future.

English
  • Originally Aired July 7, 2015
  • Runtime 20 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Production Company VICE Media
  • Created January 30, 2026 by
    AddingStuffIsFun
  • Modified January 30, 2026 by
    AddingStuffIsFun