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The Uncertain Fate of the Government’s Last 50 Medical-Research Chimps
Source:
Wired
Date:
March 15, 2013
The fate of 450 medical-research chimpanzees owned or supported by the U.S. government will soon be decided. Most will likely be sent to sanctuaries, but 50 may be kept in captivity and used for medical experiments in decades to come.
Sounds of the Wild: Hear Chimps go Ape for Ripening Fruit
Date:
February 27, 2013
Mpapa (Vitex fischeri) season has begun at Gombe, and this means good news for both the chimps and my research.
The Last 1,000
Date:
January 31, 2013
For almost 100 years, chimpanzees have been used in biomedical and behavioral research in this country, the last industrialized country to experiment on our next of kin. The end of using chimpanzees as nameless test subjects is near
The National Institutes of Health should retire most of its chimps that are currently living in research facilities, according to a working group put together by the NIH to look at the future need for biomedical research on chimps.
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Take Action Tuesday: Great Clips commercial
Source:
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Date:
January 11, 2013
Despite more and more companies taking a stand against the use of chimpanzees in advertising and entertainment, Great Clips has chosen to film a commercial using a trained chimpanzee. See the link below for information on how to contact Great Clips and register your concerns.
The National Institue of Health
Save the Chimps welcomes the recent NIH decision to cease experimentation on 110 chimpanzees currently residing at New Iberia Primate Research Center, but disagrees with the decision to relocate 100 of the chimpanzees to the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
Dr. Jane Goodall Hosts “Chimpanzee” Premiere at Walt Disney World
Source:
DIS Unplugged Blog
Date:
March 14, 2012
Walt Disney Studios announced the World Premiere of Disneynature’s “Chimpanzee” will be Friday, April 13th at Walt Disney World. Dr. Jane Goodall will be in attendance as well as film co-directors Alastair Fothergill (Disneynature’s “African Cats” and “Earth”) and Mark Linfield (“Earth”).
The Republic of Congo has formally expanded Nouabale-Ndoki National Park to protect an increasingly rare treasure: one of Africa's most pristine forests and a population of "naïve" chimpanzees with so little exposure to humans that the curious apes investigate the conservationists who study them rather than run away.
The debate over the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research got some international attention over the past week, with programs in the US and Canada covering the issue—and gaining rare inside access to two different chimpanzee research labs.
