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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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Good way to end 2010. Bill Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research. The NIH proposed sending them to Texas to be used in research aimed at finding a hepatitis C vaccine.

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US Retailers Concerned Over Australia's Delay in Ending Mulesing

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Why change for welfare purposes if there is no clear economic benefit? Such an awful practice. But, as is typical with many large industries, there is a resistance to change unless there is a clear and immediate profit windfall. I think it's just another example of short-term vs. long-term thinking, to which all humans are victim.

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