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New Mexico Governor Opposes Chimp Transfer
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AUGUST 19, 2010
Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medical research lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees. The animals can be used again for medical experiments if transferred to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. From the AP.
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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!
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DECEMBER 31, 2010
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. AP) - Some 186 chimpanzees will remain at a federal facility in New Mexico for now.
PETA Enters Alamagordo Primate Controversy
Critter News
AUGUST 23, 2010
Here's an opinion piece from Ingrid Newkirk arguing to stop the transfer of 202 "retired" chimpanzees to a Texas facility where they may be subjected to more experimentation. The Governor of New Mexico has already met with the National Institutes of Health to try and stop this transfer with no apparent success.
Help the Almagordo Chimpanzees
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AUGUST 26, 2010
However, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to move the chimpanzees—many of them at least 30 years old—to the Southwest National Primate Research Facility in San Antonio, Texas, where they can be used in painful, invasive experiments.".
Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
I am deeply troubled and angry that the National Institute of Health wants to move almost 200 chimpanzees from this facility to a laboratory in Texas where they may be subjected to testing. These highly intelligent animals should be PERMANENTLY retired and a PERMANENT sanctuary created for them.
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