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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
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August 31, 2010
‘MUTTS’ Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell to Judge Chimpanzee Drawing Contest
The HSUS is spreading the message to young people about chimpanzees in laboratories through a drawing contest launching Sept. 1. The 2010 Chimps Deserve Better Drawing Contest opens up a conversation about chimpanzees while sparking creativity and compassion among students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
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August 18, 2010
The HSUS Urges Dept. of Health and Human Services to Retire 202 Chimpanzees
Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS, requested that 202 government-owned chimpanzees being warehoused at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico be retired in place.
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August 9, 2010
Help Pass a Law to Help Chimps
The Great Ape Protection Act would end the suffering of hundreds of chimpanzees in laboratories in the United States
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August 3, 2010
Bill to End Invasive Research on Great Apes Introduced in U.S. Senate
The HSUS urges Congress to work quickly to pass the Great Ape Protection Act to phase out invasive research and testing on about 1,000 chimpanzees languishing in U.S. laboratories.
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July 23, 2010
These 202 Chimps Deserve Sanctuary, Not Another Lab
The transfer of 202 government-owned chimpanzees to a biomedical research laboratory where these endangered animals would be readily available for harmful and invasive research experiments is underway. But these chimpanzees have already suffered enough. Tell the government to stop this inhumane and fiscally-irresponsible plan.
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July 15, 2010
Jane Goodall Marks 50 Years of Protecting Chimpanzees
Fifty years ago this week, at the age of 26, renowned primatologist Jane Goodall marked the start of what would become her life's work: studying and protecting chimpanzees.
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