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''Unnecessary Fuss'' is a film produced by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), showing footage shot inside the University of Pennsylvania's Head Injury Clinic in Philadelphia. The footage was shot in 1983–1984 by the researchers themselves as they inflicted brain damage on baboons with a hydraulic device.〔The video footage released by PETA can be viewed at: *(Part 1 ) *(Part 2 ) *(Part 3 ) *(Part 4 ) *(Part 5 )〕 The experiments were conducted as part of a research project into head injuries caused by vehicle and sports accidents. The footage shows the researchers laughing at the baboons as the brain damage is inflicted.〔Carbone, Larry. ''What Animals Want: Expertise and Advocacy in Laboratory Animal Welfare Policy''. Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 90.〕 Sixty hours of audio- and videotape were removed from the laboratory during a raid in May 1984 by the Animal Liberation Front, who handed it over to PETA. It was subsequently edited down to 26 minutes with a voice-over commentary by Newkirk, before being distributed to the media and Congress. Charles McCarthy, director of the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) wrote that the film had overstated the deficiencies in the clinic, but that the OPRR had found serious violations of the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.〔 As a result of the publicity, the lab was closed, the chief veterinarian fired, and the university placed on probation. The title of the film comes from a statement made to ''The Globe and Mail'' by the head of the clinic, neurosurgeon Thomas Gennarelli before the raid.〔("Neurosurgery chair, Thomas Gennarelli M.D. ), University of Wisconsin.〕 He declined to describe his research to the newspaper because, he said, it had "the potential to stir up all sorts of unnecessary fuss ..."〔Palango, Paul. ''Globe and Mail'', March 6, 1983.〕 ==Contents of the film== Deborah Blum writes that "it is difficult to put into words just how ugly () brief movie is."〔Blum, Deborah. ''Monkey Wars'', Oxford University Press, paperback edition 1995, p. 118.〕 The film shows at least one sedated but not anesthetized baboon with his wrists and ankles tied, strapped to an operating table, his shaved head secured with dental cement inside a helmet. A hydraulic device known as Penn 2 slams the baboon's head from behind, pushing it forward at a 60-degree angle with a force of what the researchers said was up to 1000 ''''g'''', apparently intended to simulate whiplash.〔Newkirk, Ingrid. ''Free the Animals''. Lantern Books, 2000, p. 193.〕〔Sideris, Lisa, McCarthy, Charles, & Smith, David H. ("Roots of Concern with Nonhuman Animals in Biomedical Ethics" ), ''Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Journal'', V40(1) 1999.〕 After the injury is sustained, the baboon's head is dislodged from the helmet using a hammer and screwdriver. One sequence shows part of the baboon's ear being torn off along with the helmet. After pulling the baboon's head from the helmet, the researcher is heard to laugh, saying: "It's a boy," then, "Looks like I left a little ear behind."〔Newkirk, Ingrid. ''Free the Animals''. Lantern Books, 2000, pp. 194–195.〕 The footage shows the researchers laughing at injured baboons, performing electrocautery on an apparently conscious baboon, smoking cigarettes and pipes during surgery, and playing loud music as the animals are injured. A researcher is seen holding a seriously injured baboon up to the camera, while others speak to the animal: "Don't be shy now, sir, nothing to be afraid of," followed by laughter, and "He says, 'you're gonna rescue me from this, aren't you? Aren't you?'," followed by more laughter.〔〔 While one baboon was being injured on the operating table by the hydraulic device, the camera panned to a brain-damaged, drooling monkey strapped into a high chair in a corner of the room, with the words "Cheerleading in the corner, we have B-10. B-10 wishes his counterpart well. As you can see, B-10 is still alive. B-10 is hoping for a good result," followed by laughter. In another sequence, one researcher is heard to say: "You better hope the ... anti-vivisection people don't get a hold of this film." 〔Newkirk, Ingrid. ''Free the Animals''. Lantern Books, 2000, p. 196.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unnecessary Fuss」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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