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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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June 15, 2010
Help Spare Nine Chimps From Life in a Lab
The lives of nine chimpanzees kept at a Louisiana research facility are in limbo. Take action now.
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May 21, 2010
9-Year-Old is Champion for Chimps
Brandon Wood is an inspiring young advocate with a passion for helping chimpanzees in laboratories and sanctuaries.
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May 4, 2010
Remember Chimpanzee Moms this Mother’s Day
This Mother's Day, we'd like to recognize and celebrate mothers by telling the stories of five special chimpanzees.
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March 17, 2010
Louisiana Lab Urged to Retire Chimps
The HSUS calls on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center to retire nine chimps to sanctuary.
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March 4, 2010
The HSUS Launches Whistleblower Hotline for Chimp Lab Employees
The HSUS has launched a confidential whistleblower hotline for employees of chimpanzee research laboratories to anonymously report alleged abuses.
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February 23, 2010
Remembering Jerom the Chimpanzee
A caretaker at a research laboratory remembers a special chimpanzee on the anniversary of his death.
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February 16, 2010
Willy, the Pickpocketing Macaque
The primates at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch endured much suffering before coming to the sanctuary.
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January 12, 2010
Cosponsors of Chimpanzee Bill Urge Congress to Take Next Step
On December 4, 2009, members of Congress pressed U.S. House committee leaders to take a step towards passage of the Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326).
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December 15, 2009
Recent Hepatitis C Study Challenges Chimpanzee Use
The HSUS questions the use of chimpanzees in hepatitis C testing despite a recent announcement claiming effective treatment of hepatitis C in chimpanzees with a new experimental drug.
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December 7, 2009
Capitol Hill Chimpanzee Exhibit Raises Awareness
An exhibit created to educate members of Congress and others about the chimpanzees kept in laboratories who would be affected by the passage of The Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326) was on display at the the Rayburn House Office Building in October 2009.
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November 18, 2009
Chimp Shareholder Resolution
The Humane Society of the United States filed a shareholder resolution Monday 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.
