SERAT (Stop the Exploitation of Research & Animals in the Triangle) is a local grassroots organization started by two public school teachers in central North Carolina. Our philosophy is to use an intellectual and academic approach to shifting the research paradigm away from using animals for researching human diseases and the development of human medications to using more effective humane alternatives.
We pursue this goal by educating the public as well as those in the academic arena through direct discussions, information tables, public forum discussions, and through the media.
The following photos are examples of the animals used for research in the Triangle. The photos have been cropped/reduced in size; click on a photo to see the entire image.
Monkey in a restraint chair, as is commonly done at Duke.
Squirrel monkeys in a natural setting...UNC currently uses this species of primates for research.
UNC annually uses 186,618 mice.
A mouse's natural setting.
This picture of a yellow Labrador Retriever in a laboratory at the University of Utah is in a caged setting very similar to yellow Labrador Retrievers who are housed at laboratories at UNC-Chapel Hill.