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Thousands Offered for Primate Freedom

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An animal rights activist has offered $30,000 to anyone who facilitates the freeing of primates, or the end of vivisection, at the University of Kansas, a place cited for numerous animal welfare violations. Tags: University of Kansas animal research vivisection primates. He does not condone violent or illegal acts.

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Air Canada Criticized for Transporting Research Monkeys

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The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo. Air Canada is one of a small number of airlines that continues to transport these primates, Kite said.

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On Different Results of Direct Action

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He then says he goes to "exceptional lengths" to make ensure the physical and psychological welfare of the primates he uses, "except when it's absolutely necessary" to harm them. And then comes a brief conversation about Singer and how we wouldn't use young humans, which Jentsch says is precisely why we should use primates.

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ALF Activists Burn Company That Sells Animals for Research

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From the site: In the early morning hours of May 18th, four incendiary devices were planted at Scientific Resources International, a supplier of non-humyn primates for use in vivisection labs all over northern Nevada. look forward to supplying your primate needs. All animals are available post USA quarantine and ready for use.

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When You Have to Make a Choice About Your Beliefs

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This is a link to a recent scandal at a primate center in Louisiana. She has no issues with vivisection either. I won't go into the list of problems I have with her, but I don't think I can be in the same room with her for much longer. link] I don't want to go into details, but it's bad. And it's only one of the few we know about.