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July 6, 2011
U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to End Trade in Primates as ‘Pets’
The HSUS, Humane Society Legislative Fund and Born Free USA commend Sens. Barbara Boxer, David Vitter, and Richard Blumenthal for introducing the Captive Primate Safety Act, to prohibit interstate commerce of monkeys, apes and other nonhuman primates in the exotic pet trade.
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June 28, 2011
Tide Turning Against Chimpanzee Research
Simba, a chimpanzee who has been used in harmful experiments for decades, symbolizes the suffering that many endure in laboratories. Find out why researchers are now under pressure to explain why they want to continue invasive research on these majestic creatures.
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May 16, 2011
Charlotte Ross: Help Chimpanzees in Laboratories
Actress Charlotte Ross describes the misery that chimpanzees in laboratories must endure and urges the public to contact their United States legislators to support the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act H.R.1513 and S.810 in a new video for The HSUS.
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April 13, 2011
Federal Bill to End Invasive Research on Chimpanzees Introduced in Congress
The Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act was introduced today with bipartisan support in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
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March 29, 2011
The HSUS Applauds the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Launching New Database on Animal Welfare Enforcement
The HSUS applauds the USDA for launching a new database to increase public access to information regarding research facilities and other entities regulated under the Animal Welfare Act.
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March 24, 2011
Animal Advocates Lobby Maine Lawmakers for Animal Welfare Legislation
Citizens from across Maine will meet with their lawmakers Thursday at the capitol and urge them to pass a variety of important animal welfare bills during Humane Lobby Day 2011. The HSUS and Maine Friends of Animals are sponsoring the event.
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March 22, 2011
Infant Deaths and Potential Fraud Exposed at Chimpanzee Lab
The deaths of fourteen baby chimpanzees and evidence of potential government fraud at the largest chimpanzee laboratory in the world has prompted The HSUS to file legal petitions with the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.
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March 15, 2011
Federal Agencies Petitioned to Investigate Potential Government Fraud at New Iberia Research Center
The HSUS has filed legal petitions with the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services Tuesday requesting investigations and legal actions to halt potential government contract fraud at the New Iberia Research Center, a primate laboratory located in New Iberia, La. and part of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.
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March 14, 2011
The Elephant in the Living Room
The documentary film "The Elephant in the Living Room" has wowed audiences and inspired change around the U.S.
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March 3, 2011
Awaiting Release: Great Ape Protection Act Would End Use of Chimps in Laboratories
An HSUS-backed bill could mean a decent life for hundreds of chimps used in research.
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March 3, 2011
A Conversation with Wayne: HSUS President Discusses His New Book, "The Bond"
Wayne Pacelle discusses our kinship with animals in his new book, "The Bond."
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February 25, 2011
Meet Kitty: February's Chimpanzee of the Month
Kitty suffered terribly for 25 years at the Coulston Foundation, a now-defunct research laboratory in Alamogordo, New Mexico, where she was used as a "breeder." During that time she gave birth to as many as 14 baby chimpanzees, ten of whom were taken away from her.
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February 17, 2011
Winners of Chimps Deserve Better Drawing Contest Announced
The HSUS is proud to announce that MUTTS ® cartoonist Patrick McDonnell has chosen Olivia Brett, a sixth-grader from Fort Collins, Colo., and Shannon Greenhaus, a 12th grader from The Woodlands, Texas as the Grand Prize winners of the Chimps Deserve Better drawing contest.
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February 1, 2011
Vote for Your Favorite Chimp Drawing
Hundreds of K-12 student artists entered our Chimps Deserve Better Drawing Contest. Choose your favorite of eight finalists for the People's Choice award. Vote now!
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January 28, 2011
Scientists, Apply Now for Animal Alternatives Award
Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2011 Russell and Burch Award, which will be given to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to animal alternative methods in the areas of biomedical research, testing or higher education.
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January 27, 2011
Meet Flo: January's Chimpanzee of the Month
Flo is a 53 year-old chimpanzee who was used in harmful research for deacdes. Despite a temporary reprieve, she could still be moved to a Texas facility where she may again be used in research. Help ensure that Flo and her companions in Alamogordo, New Mexico, are permanently retired to a chimpanzee sanctuary.
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January 5, 2011
The HSUS Applauds Decision to Save New Mexico Chimpanzees from Imminent Move to New Lab, Harmful Experiments
Plans to move nearly 200 chimpanzees to a biomedical research laboratory have been halted, thanks to the work of animal protection organizations, legislators and animal lovers, a decision praised by The Humane Society of the United States.
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January 4, 2011
A New Year's Reprieve for Alamogordo Chimpanzees
Nearly 200 government-owned chimpanzees are temporarily safe, now that a plan to transfer them to a Texas research laboratory has been postponed. This is an important victory in the battle to permanently retire a group of chimpanzees who have already suffered in laboratories for decades.
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December 14, 2010
Congress Can Spare Taxpayers and Animals
President Obama’s bipartisan deficit-reduction commission is making recommendations for reducing the deficit, and here at The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund we are proposing a few cost-cutting measures for lawmakers to consider in getting the country’s budget back on track.
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December 10, 2010
Meet Kimie: December's Chimpanzee of the Month
Kimie was kept as a pet and used in entertainment as a young chimpanzee. Years later, she was found in a dilapidated cage at an abandonded house and taken in by Chimps, Inc., a chimpanzee sanctuary in Bend, Oregon.
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November 23, 2010
Students: Enter Our Chimp Drawing Contest
Students in grades K-12 are invited to enter the 2010 Chimps Deserve Better Drawing Contest, sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States.
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November 16, 2010
Shareholder Resolution Urges Abbott Laboratories to Phase Out Use of Chimpanzees in Research
The HSUS filed a shareholder resolution with Abbott Laboratories asking the company to produce a schedule for phasing out the use of chimpanzees in research and to publish the schedule online by Dec. 15, 2011.
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November 15, 2010
Meet Jody: November’s Chimpanzee of the Month
Jody spent the majority of her life in a research laboratory before being rescued from a windowless basement by Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest in Cle Elum, Washington.
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October 22, 2010
Chimp Ads Appeal to DC Metro Riders
Two Chimps Deserve Better Campaign ads designed to raise awareness about chimpanzees suffering in laboratories are currently being featured in Metro trains and stations in the Washington, D.C. area. The ads are scheduled to run through November 2010.
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September 13, 2010
Jane Goodall: Their Greatest Ambassador
Jane Goodall forges ahead in her 50-year fight to save chimpanzees
