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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

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was started by Mathew Block to import primates into the US for animal experimentation. Biggest contracts: $232,500 with Army for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. 37,145 with National Institutes of Health for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. Worldwide Primates Inc. In 1993, he went to prison for smuggling baby orangutans.

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