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Humane Society Calls for Refuge for 9 Chimps

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Jeff Rowell, NIRC director, in an e-mail Wednesday} "said the nine remaining animals are being housed as a family group at the center with access to indoor-outdoor caging. The animals have not been and are not currently being accessed for biomedical research,” Rowell said." Interesting. percent of our DNA.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. And thanks to the efforts of groups such as PCRM, that ample use isn't so ample anymore.