Edited sentence: According to SAEN, the reports show that primates died of a variety of diseases, including pneumonia, encephalitis, and meningitis, yet the lab claimed no animals experienced pain or distress.Davis primate laboratory made headlines when seven monkeys died after a heating system in their quarters malfunctioned.In August 2005, not long after SAEN filed the complaint, the U.In July, 2005 Stop Animal Exploitation NOW.SAEN also claims that experimenters routinely conduct redundant and scientifically meaningless research.Temperatures soared to 115 degrees Fahrenheit and the monkeys, who were unsupervised, died of dehydration.The University of California has 40,000 animals in captivity for scientific testing, it has had much media coverage of animal experimentation, being one of the first major publicised raids by the ALF where Britches a small monkey and hundreds of other animals were rescued in 1986.The heating/air conditioning unit was not equipped with a protection device to switch off the system when temperatures rose above an acceptable level.filed a complaint with the USDA in relation to mass deaths of animals used in scientific experiments at UCD