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University of Utah under fire from animal rights group over monkey deaths

USDA inspection reports said animals overheated in cages and others died after botched surgeries.

(Rick Egan | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) A Common marmoset walks along the edge of the terrace on Sugarloaf Mountain, in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, August 4, 2016. The University of Utah received two critical citations from the USDA in one report issued in October 2020, including one for the deaths of marmoset monkeys that became trapped in their nest box within their cage in August.