Animal Rights Group Wins Court Battle, Can Move Next To UW Primate Lab

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Link: http://www.wkowtv.com/index.php/news/story/p/pkid/25400

 

Animal Rights Group Wins Court Battle, Can Move Next To UW Primate

Lab

 

Mon 11/27/2006 -

 

Animal rights activists for the Primate Research Group celebrated

last year when they had an agreement with Madison business man

Robert Charly to buy his building. The group planned on putting a

museum in that building detailing what they call the horrors of

primate research. That building was the perfect location for

them...in-between the two labs where University of Wisconsin

researchers conduct tests on primates.

 

But those hopes were dashed when Charly informed the activists he

wasn't going to sell them the building for $675,000. The UW had made

him a better deal. The University wanted the building and would pay

$1 million for it.

 

That's when the case went to court and Monday afternoon, a Dane

County judge decided the original agreement between Charly and the

Primate Research Group had to stand.

 

The group says they need to raise another $100,000 to refurbish the

building and build the museum. Charly says he'll appeal.