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Introduction to ILAR's issue Implications of Human-Research Interactions and Bond in the Laboratory. I was encouraged not to assign names to the many rhesus monkeys in my charge. I was admonished that the animals are research subjects, not pets. The concern was that having names for the animals might blur this distinction between a research subject and a pet... It did not seem possible to remain distant - emotionally isolated - from the animals. In fact, the inevitable closeness that resulted from those intimate interactions was precisely what made us capable of doing what we were asked to do... Eventually, we all came to know that F49 was Sam, A12 was Rosie, and Z13 was Curious... Such attachments are the results of compassionate people doing their job right.