**UPDATE** November 2008

Tenacity pays off. Nancy Gregory repeatedly requested lab reports for Rhesus Macaque #RHAF72 and was denied. You can read some of the story below but her determination won out. Lab reports for #RHAF72 have been posted on Primate Freedom Project's site.

Thank you Nancy for not giving up when it would have been so much easier to accept Wisconsin's excuses. #RHAF72 would be so proud to know you wear his Tag and Wisconsin was not able to still his tiny voice. He will live on.

Dear Editor: I have been writing to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, requesting information on a rhesus macaque being held there in the Primate Research Center. After my second request, I received a response from the associate director. I was basically told "no," and received no answers to my questions.

But he did offer to accept my money as a donation to their enrichment budget. However, since food and treats have already been provided by me as a taxpayer, and I have no interest in helping them hold hostages, I have declined.

Although he states the UW-Madison adheres to the highest standards in terms of the appropriate treatment of animals used in research, he won't give me any information. Why would I believe this if he dodges my questions?

This facility receives federal tax money, so they are fully accountable to us. Yet they seem unwilling to share any information whatsoever!

I have to wonder what they are trying to hide.

Nancy Gregory

Castle Rock, Colo.

Letter to the editor — 7/04/2008 7:42 am