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July 23, 2009
Honorable Mention Winners of the "Celebrate Chimpanzees" Contest
Honorable mention winners of the 2009 "Celebrate Chimpanzees" contest.
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July 23, 2009
Winners of 2009 Chimpanzee Drawing Contest Announced
The 2009 "Celebrate Chimpanzees" contest received hundreds of entries from K-6 students. View the winning drawings!
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June 25, 2009
Lawmakers Call for Protection of Chimpanzees in US Laboratories
Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns and The HSUS hosted a briefing today for Members of Congress on the Great Ape Protection Act and the plight of chimpanzees in laboratories.
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May 11, 2009
USDA Inspection of La. Chimpanzee Research Facility Affirms HSUS Investigation
Martin Stephens, The HSUS' vice president for animal research issues, released a statement in response to the results of a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's New Iberia Research Center.
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April 29, 2009
Laboratory Life a Prison Sentence for Chimpanzees
Learn why Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) thinks the Great Ape Protection Act is so important.
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April 24, 2009
USDA Cites Primate Lab Exposed in HSUS Undercover Investigation
Following The HSUS’ release of disturbing video footage from a 9-month undercover investigation at the world’s largest chimpanzee lab, the USDA cited the New Iberia Research Center for multiple Animal Welfare Act violations.
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March 20, 2009
Priest Petitions Feds for Reform After Seeing Chimpanzees Abused in Video
After HSUS' undercover primate lab investigation, a Conn. priest asked Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius for her support of the retirement of chimps from research.
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March 20, 2009
Members of Congress Urge Gov. Jindal to Retire Elderly Chimps
Members of Congress call on Gov. Jindal to authorize the retirement of 26 elderly, wild-caught chimps at the New Iberia Research Center.
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March 19, 2009
National Contest for Kids: Chimps Deserve Better
The HSUS is spreading the message to schools about chimpanzees used for research.
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March 12, 2009
The HSUS Asks New Iberia Research Center to Retire Elderly Chimps to Sanctuary
The HSUS urges NIRC to retire 26 elderly chimpanzees at the facility who have been in confinement in labs for decades.
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March 5, 2009
Bill to End Invasive Chimp Research Introduced in Congress
Today, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to phase out invasive research on chimpanzees.
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March 4, 2009
Undercover Investigation Reveals Cruelty to Chimps at Research Lab
Chimpanzees and monkeys are suffering in shocking conditions--and American taxpayers are footing the bill. That's the finding of a nine-month undercover investigation at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana. View the undercover footage, then take action to help chimpanzees and monkeys used in research.
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March 4, 2009
Latest HSUS Undercover Investigation Reveals Abuse of Chimps, Other Primates in Federally Funded Research Laboratory
A nine-month undercover investigation by The HSUS has pulled back the curtain on the federally-funded New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana, revealing routine and unlawful mistreatment of hundreds of chimpanzees and other primates.
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March 4, 2009
Jane Goodall Responds to Undercover Chimpanzee Investigation
Renowned chimpanzee expert Dr. Jane Goodall has issued a statement regarding the undercover investigation by The Humane Society of the United states into primate abuse at Louisisana-based laboratory New Iberia Research Center.
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January 16, 2009
The HSUS Urges Biotech Firms to Halt Use of Chimps for Invasive Research
The HSUS is urging private research entities to halt research on chimpanzees.
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October 28, 2005
International Resolution Calls For An End To Primate Research
A group of international animal protection organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States, presented an historic resolution in 2005 calling for an end to the use of non-human primates in biomedical research and testing.
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September 18, 2002
300 Primates Used in Research To Be Retired
The Florida-based Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care announced it will permanently retire 300 chimpanzees and monkeys used in research from the recently shuttered Coulston Foundation.
