>Details of the panel’s membership and its potential conflicts have not been previously reported. Insight into its makeup comes in the wake of two federal investigations, first reported by Reuters, into potential animal-welfare violations by Neuralink and allegations that it improperly transported dangerous pathogens on implants removed from monkey brains. Reuters reported in December that some employees had grown concerned about the animal experiments being rushed under pressure from Musk to speed development, causing needless suffering and deaths of pigs, sheep and monkeys.
This is nothing new really, monkeys are fodder for abuse and euthanasia in the name of progress. Obviously this has led to greater understandings of our own anatomy, along with groundbreaking research, but I don't think implanting a phone in your head should count. Then again, how else would we know how to do it safely until it's done in a setting like that?
The only advantage to neuralink i can think of is for someone who is paralyzed. That could actually be life changing. Regardless it pains me to know that none of these monkeys will know refuge in their lives. They will be in a cage until they are murdered.
The only monkey sanctuary I'm aware of that helps lab subjects is Primates Incorporated, and they have a very limited space. For every one monkey they have, there are thousands that are dead.