And not because of the steaming shovelfuls coming regarding the Boston bombing:
"Harvard primate center, site of violations, to close; University calls move economic" by Carolyn Y. Johnson | Globe Staff, April 23, 2013
Harvard’s primate research center, which has been investigated for animal welfare violations in the deaths of four monkeys, will be largely shut down by 2015, Harvard Medical School said Tuesday. The university cited a tough economic climate for research funding and a shift in long-term strategies.
The announcement stunned people inside and outside the institution. Harvard had invested significant resources in the New England Primate Research Center in Southborough to correct care and oversight problems that resulted in the monkey deaths between June 2010 and February 2012.
US Department of Agriculture inspectors found numerous violations of animal welfare rules after the deaths, an embarrassment that caused consternation across the university. But medical school leaders said the decision to close the 51-year-old facility....
Anyone really care about the monkeys?
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That's enough to make anyone go ape.
