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Almagordo Chimp Story Hits the New York Times

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Tags: chimpanzees primates National Institutes of Health medical research new mexico. Here's hoping this poignant story will stir more public outrage and pressure on the NIH. These aging chimps deserve to retire permanently and NOT be subjected to more medical research.

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Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps

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Dear Senator Murray, I have read articles in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times about the chimpanzees at Holloman Air Force Base. Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. They deserve better and we are capable of providing them with better.

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NYT Opens the Door to the Humane Myth

Animal Person

In this morning's New York Times editorial " There Is No 'Humane' Execution ," we have an imperfect yet nevertheless baby step toward acknowledgment of the HumaneMyth. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. There are also the many innocent people who have been executed, though that's an entirely different discussion.

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