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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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Good way to end 2010. Animal welfare activists protested the transfer. The Alamagordo chimps will be allowed to remain in New Mexico for about two years while the NIH studies the issue of their transference. This gives animal rights activists some time to prepare further defense of the animals. ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP)

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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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