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Humane Society Calls for Refuge for 9 Chimps

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These chimps are currently at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center. This is the same place that was nailed by a Humane Society undercover investigation. The Humane Society wants 9 chimps that are not being "used" as part of experiments to be released to a sanctuary.

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Harvard Medical School Facility Accused of Improper Research Reporting

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An Ohio-based animal rights organization has filed a complaint against Harvard Medical School, alleging that the school's New England Primate Research Center in Southborough did not properly report its experiments on animals. Department of Agriculture, which enforces the Animal Welfare Act.

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Chimpanzees Mourn Their Dead?

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This is because they quote some guy from the USC Jane Goodall Research Center who throws doubt on the premise. It makes it even harder to subject chimps to experiments if you keep discovering these human similarities. Tags: chimpanzees jane goodall animal research.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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It is, as the Tambopata research website says: …a unique forest environment, with the highest concentrations of avian clay licks in the world. The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. That’s right – birds eating clay. Scarlet and Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Ara macao and A. And that’s just in the lowlands!

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When You Have to Make a Choice About Your Beliefs

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Then I read more about what's happening at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana. And researching the company she works for makes me wonder whether the clinical trials she sells actually include animal experiments. These are core issues to me that are an integral part to who I am as a human being.