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RIJSWIJK – Animal rights organizations are "puzzled" that BPRC's Apentestcentrum in Rijswijk gets permission from 39 use 100 rhesus monkeys, 40 java monkeys and 48 marmosets for animal testing. "This approval comes at a time when the BPCI is to submit to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science its plan to reduce by 40% the number of animal experiments," said Robert Molenaar, director of Animal Rights.