Protest against treatment of baboons at Sydney hospital

Animal rights protestors gathered Sunday outside a Sydney hospital where three baboons escaped last week.

Onlookers were stunned to see the animals running wild near Royal Prince Alfred hospital in Sydney's inner west on Tuesday.

They'd escaped a van on the way to a research clinic where one was scheduled to have a vasectomy.

Demonstrators said they were horrified to learn the animals had previously been subjected to medical testing.

The male baboon has now undergone the procedure and is said to be recovering well.

The Animal Justice Party of Australia is calling for the trio to be set free and allowed to move to a wildlife sanctuary.

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