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Critter News
MARCH 7, 2009
End the use of chimpanzees in animal experiments. It's unconscionable.
Critter News
MARCH 7, 2009
End the use of chimpanzees in animal experiments. It's unconscionable.
Critter News
JUNE 4, 2009
Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. They also called for a feasibility study before agreeing to a ban on capturing wild primates to use in laboratories.
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Animal Ethics
JULY 22, 2008
The Unalienable Rights of Chimps ,” by Adam Cohen (Editorial Observer, July 14): The Spanish Parliament’s decision to grant rights to apes is indeed groundbreaking, and will foster philosophical discussion about animal protection for some time. Suffering is far from a uniquely human experience.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2013
Their scientific name is Theropithecus gelada, the former word meaning “beast-ape” in Greek. In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Gelada lip flare and yawn. Photo by Adam Riley. A harem male grooms one of his females.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
Europe banned the use of great apes in animal testing Wednesday as part of drastically tightened rules to scale back the number of animals used in scientific research. Tags: chimpanzees europe animal research apes primates. From the AFP. And they must work at "reducing levels of pain inflicted on animals.".
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