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People Think There Are a Ton of Chimpanzees Out There

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They are in zoos, circuses, commercials, movies, etc. And, of course, if they are so severely endangered, why are so many carelessly exploited for medical experimentation? They must be cheap and plentiful right? Tags: rant chimpanzees medical research endangered species. It's a bad perception problem for chimps.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

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I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as "human rights"? I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director.

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